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    Challenges→Gene-D, defined by molecular sequence, is indeterminate with respect to phenotype.

    Causal indeterminacy requires that multiple outcomes remain genuinely open; sequence-based constraints that eliminate whole phenotype classes constitute partial determination, not indeterminacy.

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    Causal indeterminacy(the main concept being discussed)
    A situation where an event's outcome is genuinely unpredictable and not fixed in advance—multiple different results are truly possible, not just unknown to us.
    Eliminate whole phenotype classes(describing how constraints narrow the range of possibilities)
    Ruling out entire groups or categories of observable outcomes before they happen.
    Genuinely open(describing what outcomes must be like for true indeterminacy)
    Really possible and not ruled out; describes futures that could actually happen, rather than just appearing to be possible while being secretly predetermined.
    Partial determination(contrasted with full indeterminacy in the statement)
    When some (but not all) possible outcomes are ruled out by prior conditions, leaving some options closed off while others remain possible.

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    Sequence-based constraints(describing restrictions that narrow down possible outcomes)
    Rules or limitations that come from a chain of events—for example, if event A happens, then only certain events B can follow.
    phenotype(Dawkins 1982b: 114)
    The all-important instrument of replicator preservation; the expressed traits of genes that are organized into organisms

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