The meanings of 'function' in biology and the problematic case of de novo gene emergence

The word function has many different meanings in molecular biology. Here we explore the use of this word (and derivatives like functional) in research papers about de novo gene birth. Based on an analysis of 20 abstracts we propose a simple lexicon that, we believe, will help scientists and philosop...

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Autores principales: Keeling, Diane Marie, Garza, Patricia, Nartey, Charisse Michelle, Carvunis, Anne-Ruxandra
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd 2019
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Evolutionary Biology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6824840/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31674305
http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.47014
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author Keeling, Diane Marie
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description The word function has many different meanings in molecular biology. Here we explore the use of this word (and derivatives like functional) in research papers about de novo gene birth. Based on an analysis of 20 abstracts we propose a simple lexicon that, we believe, will help scientists and philosophers discuss the meaning of function more clearly.
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spelling pubmed-68248402019-11-04 The meanings of 'function' in biology and the problematic case of de novo gene emergence Keeling, Diane Marie Garza, Patricia Nartey, Charisse Michelle Carvunis, Anne-Ruxandra eLife Evolutionary Biology The word function has many different meanings in molecular biology. Here we explore the use of this word (and derivatives like functional) in research papers about de novo gene birth. Based on an analysis of 20 abstracts we propose a simple lexicon that, we believe, will help scientists and philosophers discuss the meaning of function more clearly. eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd 2019-11-01 /pmc/articles/PMC6824840/ /pubmed/31674305 http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.47014 Text en © 2019, Keeling et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use and redistribution provided that the original author and source are credited.
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