caa a22 4500 465803008 CHVBK 20180323112057.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170327e19900701xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF00165258 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF00165258 Fogle Thomas Saint Mary's College, 46556, Notre Dame, IN, U.S.A. aut Are genes units of inheritance? [Elektronische Daten] [Thomas Fogle] Definitions of the term ‘gene' typically superimpose molecular genetics onto Mendelism. What emerges are persistent attempts to regard the gene as a ‘unit' of structure and/or function, language that creates multiple meanings for the term and fails to acknowledge the diversity of gene architecture. I argue that coherence at the molecular level requires abandonment of the classical unit concept and recognition that a gene is constructed from an assemblage of domains. Hence, a domain set (1) conforms more closely to empirical evidence for genetic organization of DNA regions capable of transcription and (2) has ontological properties lacking in the traditional unit definition. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1990 Genetics nationallicence gene structure nationallicence hereditary unit nationallicence Biology and Philosophy Kluwer Academic Publishers 5/3(1990-07-01), 349-371 0169-3867 5:3<349 1990 5 10539 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00165258 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00165258 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Fogle Thomas Saint Mary's College, 46556, Notre Dame, IN, U.S.A aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Biology and Philosophy Kluwer Academic Publishers 5/3(1990-07-01), 349-371 0169-3867 5:3<349 1990 5 10539 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer