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    It is not the case that The fundamental concept of a gene, across research contexts, is a stretch of DNA whose linear sequence provides a template for a gene product (mRNA transcript or polypeptide).

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    • 1.Kitcher and Griffiths argue that 'gene' picks out multiply realized functional roles rather than any single structural or mechanistic property of DNA.
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    • 2.If the gene concept is irreducibly pluralistic across research contexts, as Moss and Waters independently argue, then no single template-function definition can be fundamental.
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    • 3.The claim's appeal to contextual variation in P1 implicitly concedes pluralism, making P2's assertion of a common function an unsupported unifying move.
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    • 1.RNA genes (tRNA, rRNA, miRNA) produce functional products without any polypeptide stage, yet are uncontroversially classified as genes.
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    • 2.A definition requiring a 'template for mRNA or polypeptide' excludes paradigm cases, violating the extensional adequacy criterion for successful definitions.
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    • 1.Specific research contexts determine whether genes are considered to include introns, exons, regulatory regions, or promoter regions.
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    • 2.Despite contextual variation, a common template-providing function remains consistent across these contexts.
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