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| العنوان: |
Early research on anther‐smut disease: A fuller view of science? |
| المؤلفون: |
Antonovics, Janis, Alexander, Helen M. |
| المصدر: |
Ecology & Evolution (20457758); Jun2024, Vol. 14 Issue 6, p1-11, 11p |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
SCIENTIFIC method, SEX chromosomes, GERM theory of disease, NATURAL history, NATURAL immunity, ANTHER |
| People: |
DARWIN, Charles, 1809-1882 |
| مستخلص: |
The anther‐smut host–pathogen system has provided extensive insights into the evolutionary ecology of disease resistance, transmission modes, host shifts, pathogen specialization, and disease evolution in metapopulations. It also has led to unexpected insights into sex ratio distorters, sex chromosome evolution, and transposable elements in fungi. In addition, anther‐smut disease played a major role in Linnaeus' germ theory and the correspondence on parasitic castration between Darwin and Becker, one of the first female botanists. Here, we explicitly highlight some of the realities in the process of science, using an unusual autobiographical approach to describe how we came to collaborate on this system in the 1980s. Using perspectives from our different career stages, we present a surprising narrative that could not be deduced from merely reading the published papers. While our work was grounded in previous ecological and evolutionary theory, it was the product as much of empirical failures and intellectual roadblocks, as the result of a progressive scientific method. Our experiences illustrate not only the "human dimension of science" but more importantly show that linear sequences of hypothesis testing do not necessarily lead to new study systems and new ideas. We suggest there is a need to re‐evaluate the scientific method in ecology and evolution, especially where the challenge is to engage in a productive dialog between natural history and theory. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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