Genetic program

In biology, a genetic program of a cell is a physiological change brought about by a temporal pattern of activation of a particular subset of genes.[1]

The metaphor was introduced simultaneously by Ernst Mayr and François Jacob, Jacques Monod in 1961 in two separate articles.[2]

References

  1. ↑ World Health Organization, Human Genetics Programme, retrieved 2012-11-04
  2. ↑ Peluffo, Alexandre E. (2015-07-01). "The “Genetic Program”: Behind the Genesis of an Influential Metaphor". Genetics 200 (3): 685–696. doi:10.1534/genetics.115.178418. ISSN 0016-6731. PMC 4512536. PMID 26170444.
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