Diagrams and Schemes in and about Mendelian Genetics
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https://doi.org/10.48160/18532330me8.164Keywords:
Punnett, graph, model, diagram, representation, visualization, logical structure of theoriesAbstract
Despite their growing importance, diagrams, schemes and sketches are still a relatively unexplored territory in the philosophy of biology. We present a diagram, in graph-model format, that recovers the conceptual structure of Mendelian genetics. This diagram is used as a tool for epistemological analysis of another diagram that can be considered paradigmatic in Classical genetics: The Punnett Square.
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