The century beyond the gene.
In an increasing number of biological laboratories, the focus of research is shifting from sequence data to the functional meaning of that data. No longer content with structural mappings, there is a renewed interest abroad in what the United States Department of Energy calls, 'Bringing Genomes to Life'. For many, this means a movement beyond 'reductionism' to a 'systems biology'. The question is, what does this mean?
Keller
Evelyn Fox
EF
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. efkeller@mit.edu
D016678:Genome; D006801:Humans; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D008967:Molecular Biology; D049490:Systems Biology