Shanker, KJ and Guttal, V (2021) A tale of two biologies: Distinctions in philosophy and practice between organismal and sub-organismal science. In: Current Science, 120 (3). pp. 463-466.
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While the 21st century has been proclaimed as the age of biology, the disciplines of sub-organismal biology have received greater attention, often at a cost to organismal biology. However, the fields of organismal biology � ecology and evolution � are not only fundamental to biology, but are of societal importance in terms of their application in environmental conservation, sustainability and public health. We argue here that organismal and sub-organismal biology differ substantially in their philosophy and practice: while organismal biology focuses on systems and collectives, sub-organismal biology rests on reductionism. Further, we emphasize that these distinctions must be recognized in institutional and funding structures for organismal biology to fully realize its potential. © 2021
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Publication: | Current Science |
| Publisher: | Indian Academy of Sciences |
| Additional Information: | The copyright for this article belongs to Indian Academy of Sciences |
| Department/Centre: | Division of Biological Sciences > Centre for Ecological Sciences |
| Date Deposited: | 29 Mar 2021 06:56 |
| Last Modified: | 29 Mar 2021 06:56 |
| URI: | http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/68593 |
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