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Between the genotype and the phenotype lies the microbiome: symbiosis and the making of 'postgenomic' knowledge.
History and philosophy of the life sciences - 6 Dec 2023
Fasel Cécile, Chiapperino Luca
Abstract excerpt
Emphatic claims of a "microbiome revolution" aside, the study of the gut microbiota and its role in organismal development and evolution is a central feature of so-called postgenomics; namely, a conceptual and/or practical turn in contemporary life sciences, which departs from genetic determinism and reductionism to explore holism, emergentism and complexity in biological knowledge-production. This paper analyses...
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