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| Title |
Epigenetics: Biology's Quantum Mechanics
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Frontiers in Plant Science, January 2011
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| DOI | 10.3389/fpls.2011.00010 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Richard A. Jorgensen |
| Abstract |
The perspective presented here is that modern genetics is at a similar stage of development as were early formulations of quantum mechanics theory in the 1920s and that in 2010 we are at the dawn of a new revolution in genetics that promises to enrich and deepen our understanding of the gene and the genome. The interrelationships and interdependence of two views of the gene - the molecular biological view and the epigenetic view - are explored, and it is argued that the classical molecular biological view is incomplete without incorporation of the epigenetic perspective and that in a sense the molecular biological view has been evolving to include the epigenetic view. Intriguingly, this evolution of the molecular view toward the broader and more inclusive epigenetic view of the gene has an intriguing, if not precise, parallel in the evolution of concepts of atomic physics from Newtonian mechanics to quantum mechanics that are interesting to consider. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 20 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 30% |
| Grenada | 1 | 5% |
| India | 1 | 5% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 5% |
| Germany | 1 | 5% |
| Greece | 1 | 5% |
| Unknown | 9 | 45% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 14 | 70% |
| Scientists | 3 | 15% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 3 | 15% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 66 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Chile | 1 | 2% |
| Brazil | 1 | 2% |
| Czechia | 1 | 2% |
| Slovenia | 1 | 2% |
| Spain | 1 | 2% |
| United States | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 60 | 91% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 13 | 20% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 8 | 12% |
| Student > Bachelor | 8 | 12% |
| Student > Master | 8 | 12% |
| Professor | 7 | 11% |
| Other | 11 | 17% |
| Unknown | 11 | 17% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 25 | 38% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 11 | 17% |
| Physics and Astronomy | 3 | 5% |
| Computer Science | 2 | 3% |
| Social Sciences | 2 | 3% |
| Other | 12 | 18% |
| Unknown | 11 | 17% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 25. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 31 July 2023.
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#1,485,977
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#467
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#7,782
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#2
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