Don't lose the organism in the excitement over its genes, biologists urge
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 06:00
in Biology & Nature
(Phys.org) —It's been said metaphorically that too much focus on the trees can cause one to lose sight of the forest. In a similar check of perspective, a group of biologists, led by a University of California, Davis, scientist, suggests that decades of focus on genes has led the scientific community away from a balanced exploration of the organisms that those genes define—whether they be plants, animals or microorganisms.