Genetic program

Summary

In biology, a genetic program of a cell is a physiological change brought about by a temporal pattern of activation of a particular subset of genes.[1]

The metaphor was introduced simultaneously by Ernst Mayr and François Jacob, Jacques Monod in 1961 in two separate articles.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ World Health Organization, Human Genetics Programme, retrieved 2012-11-04
  2. ^ Peluffo, Alexandre E. (2015-07-01). "The "Genetic Program": Behind the Genesis of an Influential Metaphor". Genetics. 200 (3): 685–696. doi:10.1534/genetics.115.178418. ISSN 0016-6731. PMC 4512536. PMID 26170444.