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Immunology, Phenotype First: How Mutations Have Established New Principles and Pathways in Immunology (Hardcover, 2008 ed.)
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Immunology, Phenotype First: How Mutations Have Established New Principles and Pathways in Immunology (Hardcover, 2008 ed.)
Series: Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology, 321
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This monograph deals with the impact of classical genetics in
immunology, prov- ing examples of how large immunological questions
were solved, and new fields opened to analysis through the study of
phenotypes, either spontaneous or induced. As broad as biology has
become, there are those who do not fully understand what the
genetic approach is, and how it differs fundamentally from most of
the methods available to natural scientists. They may hold the
opinion that genetics has run its course since Mendel read his
paper on peas in 1865. "Why bother with classical genetics," they
may ask. "Won't all genes be knocked out soon anyway?" Or they are
intimidated by genetics, with its heavy reliance on model organisms
that seem so alien. "What has C. elegans to do with me?" the
questioning might go. "It doesn't even have lymphocytes. " Such
skeptics may be unaware that the mouse is fast becoming as
tractable a model organism as the fly, and that humans may not be
too far behind. So I would like to introduce the topic with a few
words about the power of genetics, and why it has contributed so
much to immunology, and to bi- ogy in general. Genetics, as the
word is used here, is not merely the science of heredity, but much
more than that. It is the science of exceptions: the science that
takes note of heritable variation and seeks to explain it at the
most fundamental level.
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