Betwixt Gene and Behavior (Commentary on the Paper by J. D. Sinclair)
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Douglas Wahlsten, Visiting Professor (Creator)
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- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
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Abstract: A gene is a macromolecule which codes for the structure of a protein. Lehninger (1967) points out, "The ascent from simple self-assembling systems such as oligomeric proteins and enzyme complexes to the level of supramolecular organization of subcellular organelles is a very steep one. In making it we cross a boundary to a level of organization at which the self-assembly principle doubtless operates in microscopic regions, but cannot account for the biogenesis of the organelle," (p. 91). The ascent from gene to behavior is precarious indeed.
Betwixt Gene and Behavior (Commentary on the Paper by J. D. Sinclair)
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- Publication
- Behavior Genetics, 1992, 22, 11-14.
- Language: English
- Date: 1992
- Keywords
- Mice, Genes, Macromolecules, Behavior, Genetic influences, Critical analysis