世纪之交生物学发展的主要趋势——“后基因组时代”生物学的几个问题

TRENDS IN BIOLOGY AT THE TURN OF CENTURIES——SOME PROBLEMS OF BIOLOGY IN POSTGENOME-ERA

通过综述当前生物学研究的进展,认为21世纪初下列生物学研究领域将会有很大发展:(1)遗传、发育和进化的综合研究;(2)基因组结构和遗传语言;(3)脑功能研究;(4)生物对环境的适应关系。

According to the trends in biology at the turn of centuries, the methodology of biology may be changed from emphasis on reduction to integration and the following fields in biology may make great progress in early 21st century: (1) study on the synthesis of heredity, development and evolution; (2) study on the structure of genome and the genetic lan-guange; (3) brain research; (4) molecular mechanism of adaptation of organisms to enviornment.