From phenomenon to phenotype and from phenotype to gene: forward genetics and the problem of sepsis.

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Genetic tools (especially classical tools) have enlightened our understanding of biology as no other approach could. Mendel, Morgan, Bridges, and their heirs began with phenotypic traits and ended with genes. At first, the chemical identity of genes was not known, and even after years of methodologic refinement, more years of effort were needed to find the gene and the mutational difference that caused a...

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