Volen Center and Biology Department, Brandeis University, Waltham, United States.
Elife. 2020 Aug 26;9:e60703. doi: 10.7554/eLife.60703.
There is more to theory in biology than replicating the results of experiments - the best theory papers help experimentalists to identify which of their results might be general and to plan a path through the maze of all possible future experiments.
生物学中的理论不仅仅是实验结果的复制——最好的理论论文可以帮助实验者确定哪些结果可能具有普遍性,并规划出一条穿过所有可能未来实验迷宫的路径。