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Tinkering: a conceptual and historical evaluation.

Novartis Foundation symposium - 1 Jan 2007

Laubichler Manfred D

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Francois Jacob's article 'Evolution and Tinkering' published in Science in 1977 is still the locus classicus for the concept of tinkering in biology. It first introduced the notion of tinkering to a wide audience of scientists. Jacob drew on a variety of different sources ranging from molecular biology to evolutionary biology and cultural anthropology. The notion of tinkering, or more accurately, the concept of...

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PMID: 17710845
DOI: 10.1002/9780470319390.ch2

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