[evo.theory] Fwd: faculties seminar 30th November Paul Griffiths

[Rachael Brown]

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> From: "Jeremy Shearmur" <Jeremy.Shearmur at anu.edu.au>
> Date: 26 November 2007 9:20:19 AM
> To: <philsoc-l at coombs.anu.edu.au>
> Subject: faculties seminar 30th November Paul Griffiths
> Reply-To: "Jeremy Shearmur" <Jeremy.Shearmur at anu.edu.au>
>
> On Friday 30th November, Paul Griffiths will be giving the final  
> Faculties seminar for 2007, in the Milgate Seminar Room at 11.00.
> His topic is: Genes in the Postgenomic Era
>
> Abstract: (Paul E. Griffiths (Sydney) and Karola Stotz (Indiana))
> We outline three very different concepts of the gene—instrumental,  
> nominal, and postgenomic. The instrumental gene has a critical role  
> in the construction and interpretation of experiments in which the  
> relationship between genotype and phenotype is explored via  
> hybridization between organisms or directly between nucleic acid  
> molecules. It also plays an important theoretical role in the  
> foundations of disciplines such as quantitative genetics and  
> population genetics. The nominal gene is a critical practical tool,  
> allowing stable communication between bioscientists in a wide range  
> of fields grounded in well-defined sequences of nucleotides, but  
> this concept does not embody major theoretical insights into genome  
> structure or function. The post-genomic gene embodies the continuing  
> project of understanding how genome structure supports genome  
> function, but with a deflationary picture of the gene as a  
> structural unit. This final concept of the gene poses a significant  
> challenge to conventional assumptions about the relationship between  
> genome structure and function, and between genotype and phenotype.
>
>
> Coffee etc available in the Milgate Room from 10.40
>
> Jeremy Shearmur, Reader in Philosophy
> Convenor, Philosophy Program
> School of Humanities, Faculty of Arts, ANU
> Canberra ACT 0200, Australia
>

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