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ENTROPY
Volume 24, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/e24010017
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gene concept; technology; scientific method; experimentalism; molecular biology; genomics; bioinformatics; computational biology; data science; virtualization
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Mendel's paradigm of particle-based heredity has been influential for over 150 years, and with the accumulation of omics data, the concept of virtual gene has emerged. This concept has already inspired a practical research program related to systems genetics.
Mendel proposed an experimentally verifiable paradigm of particle-based heredity that has been influential for over 150 years. The historical arguments have been reflected in the near past as Mendel's concept has been diversified by new types of omics data. As an effect of the accumulation of omics data, a virtual gene concept forms, giving rise to genetical data science. The concept integrates genetical, functional, and molecular features of the Mendelian paradigm. I argue that the virtual gene concept should be deployed pragmatically. Indeed, the concept has already inspired a practical research program related to systems genetics. The program includes questions about functionality of structural and categorical gene variants, about regulation of gene expression, and about roles of epigenetic modifications. The methodology of the program includes bioinformatics, machine learning, and deep learning. Education, funding, careers, standards, benchmarks, and tools to monitor research progress should be provided to support the research program.
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