{"title":"Commentary on Baverstock; the gene; an appraisal","authors":"S.P.R. Rose","doi":"10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2023.01.004","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>I argue that Baverstock's demotion of the gene in favour of the cellular phenotype is still too limited, and that phenotypes must be considered at multiple irreducible levels. I emphasise process thinking and the significance of agency in living systems.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":3,"journal":{"name":"ACS Applied Electronic Materials","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.3000,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"ACS Applied Electronic Materials","FirstCategoryId":"99","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0079610723000019","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC","Score":null,"Total":0}
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I argue that Baverstock's demotion of the gene in favour of the cellular phenotype is still too limited, and that phenotypes must be considered at multiple irreducible levels. I emphasise process thinking and the significance of agency in living systems.