Wednesday, April 01, 2009
Biology's next revolution
"The emerging picture of microbes as gene-swapping collectives demands a revision of such concepts as organism, species and evolution itself.[...] Here we explain why we foresee such a dramatic transformation, and why we believe the molecular reductionism that dominated twentieth-century biology will be superseded by an interdisciplinary approach that embraces collective phenomena." Full article @ Biology's next revolution : Article : Nature