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Rachel A. Ankeny and Sabina Leonelli examine what it means to use a living organism as a model in biological research. Their philosophical account asks how laboratory organisms can represent other organisms and how the practices surrounding them shape the knowledge produced.
The chapters consider what model organisms represent, how they do so, and the communities for whom they function as models. The authors connect representation to experimental intervention, abstraction and the development of research repertoires. Later sections ask when a model counts as a good representation and what the future of model-organism research might involve.
The book treats biological models as parts of organised research practices, rather than as isolated specimens. Its examples, conceptual diagrams and bibliography support an account of the commitments behind their selection and use. This is the complete original 2020 edition for adult readers interested in the philosophy of biology.
Rachel A. Ankeny; Sabina Leonelli. Model Organisms. Cambridge University Press, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108593014. Licensed CC BY-NC-ND 4.0; unchanged original edition and required notices retained.