TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ankeny,Rachel A.
AU  - Leonelli,Sabina
TI  - Model organisms
T2  - Cambridge elements. Elements in the philosophy of biology,
SN  - 9781108593014 (ebook)
AV  - QH307.2 .A64 2020
U1  - 570 23
PY  - 2020///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Biology
N1  - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 08 Dec 2020); Open Access title
N2  - This Element presents a philosophical exploration of the concept of the 'model organism' in contemporary biology. Thinking about model organisms enables us to examine how living organisms have been brought into the laboratory and used to gain a better understanding of biology, and to explore the research practices, commitments, and norms underlying this understanding. We contend that model organisms are key components of a distinctive way of doing research. We focus on what makes model organisms an important type of model, and how the use of these models has shaped biological knowledge, including how model organisms represent, how they are used as tools for intervention, and how the representational commitments linked to their use as models affect the research practices associated with them
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108593014
ER  -