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    It is not the case that Gene-D, defined by molecular sequence, is indeterminate with respect to phenotype.

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    • 1.Molecular sequence deterministically constrains the set of possible phenotypes, making sequence causally necessary even if not sufficient for any specific phenotype.
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    • 2.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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    • 3.Woodward's interventionist account of causation supports that manipulating sequence reliably changes phenotypic outcomes, satisfying the counterfactual criterion for causal determinacy.
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    • 1.Griffiths and Sterelny's 'informational gene' concept distinguishes developmental resources by their capacity to carry heritable phenotypic information, a role molecular sequence uniquely fulfills.
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    • 2.If gene-D were genuinely indeterminate with respect to phenotype, population genetics would lack the explanatory power it demonstrably possesses in linking allelic variation to trait distributions.
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    • 1.Gene-D serves as a developmental resource by providing a template for RNA and protein synthesis.
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    • 2.The phenotype an organism expresses depends on other developmental resources as well as cellular and extracellular contexts, not on molecular sequence alone.
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