| Journal: | Ludus vitalis |
| Database: | CLASE |
| System number: | 000406313 |
| ISSN: | 1133-5165 |
| Authors: | López-Paleta, Miguel1 Suárez-Díaz, Edna1 |
| Institutions: | 1Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Facultad de Ciencias, México, Distrito Federal. México |
| Year: | 2014 |
| Volumen: | 22 |
| Number: | 41 |
| Pages: | 71-89 |
| Country: | México |
| Language: | Inglés |
| Document type: | Artículo |
| Approach: | Analítico |
| English abstract | This paper aims to provide a critical picture of the role of domestic fowl ("Gallus gallus") as a "model organism" in developmental biology. As such, it seeks to be a contribution in the field of historical epistemology, broadly defined. We take into account the characterization of model organisms by Ankeny and Leonelli (2011) and, secondarily the one developed by Rheinber-ger (2010), in order to discuss the wavs in which chicken fulfils, or not, the epistemic and material features of current model organisms. In a similar manner, we bring up some new arguments to those that chicken researchers have provide when facing the fact that Gallus gallus is not an organism fre-quently used in certain genetic research contexts. Finally, we consider some interesting topics in the philosophical reflection on model organisms that could be illuminated by the case of the domestic fowl |
| Disciplines: | Filosofía, Biología |
| Keyword: | Doctrinas y corrientes filosóficas, Filosofía de la ciencia, Aves, Organismos, Modelos, Desarrollo, Representación, Vertebrados, Práctica científica |
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