The authors, an artist, a mathematician and a biologist, describe their collaboration examining the potential of drawing to further the understanding of biological processes. As a case study, this article considers C.H. Waddington's powerful visual representation of the “epigenetic landscape,” whose purpose is to unify research in genetics, embryology and evolutionary biology. The authors explore the strengths and limitations of Waddington's landscape and attempt to transcend the latter through a collaborative series of exploratory images. Through careful description of this drawing process, the authors touch on its epistemological consequences for all participants.

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绘制以扩展 Waddington 的表观遗传景观

作者是一位艺术家、一位数学家和一位生物学家，他们描述了他们合作研究绘画的潜力，以进一步了解生物过程。作为案例研究，本文考虑了 CH Waddington 对“表观遗传景观”的强大视觉表现，其目的是统一遗传学、胚胎学和进化生物学的研究。作者探索了沃丁顿风景的优势和局限性，并试图通过一系列协作的探索性图像超越后者。通过对这个绘图过程的仔细描述，作者触及了它对所有参与者的认识论后果。