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Mechanistic understanding of individual outcomes: Challenges and alternatives to genetic designs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 September 2023

Olesya Bondarenko Open the ORCID record for Olesya Bondarenko [Opens in a new window]
Olesya Bondarenko*
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Department of History and Philosophy of Science, St John's College, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK ob317@cam.ac.uk https://www.hps.cam.ac.uk/directory/bondarenko
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Abstract

I argue that advancing “second-generation” or mechanistic causal knowledge of individual outcomes requires a comprehensive research programme that uses a variety of different methods in addition to the ones described in the paper under discussion. I also highlight that environment-focused approaches can be as instrumental in identifying potential phenotypic causes as gene-focused approaches.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 46 , 2023 , e183
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press

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