Genetics and Atomic Theory
Genetics is to biology what atomic theory is to physics. Its principle is clear: that inheritance is based on particles and not on fluids. Instead of the essence of each parent mixing, with each child the blend of those who made him, information is passed on as a series of units. The bodies of successive generations transport them through time, so that a long-lost character may emerge in a distant descendant. The genes themselves may be older than the species that bear them.
Notes:
Are analogous in their relationships to biology and physics.
Folksonomies: analogy
Taxonomies:
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Concepts:
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Gene (0.791864): dbpedia | freebase
Species (0.778865): dbpedia | freebase | opencyc
Genetics (0.755790): dbpedia | freebase | opencyc
DNA (0.749709): website | dbpedia | freebase | yago
Organism (0.733319): dbpedia | freebase
Charles Darwin (0.727442): dbpedia | freebase | opencyc | yago
Evolution (0.695395): dbpedia | freebase | opencyc
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