Watson championed a switch in focus for the school from classical biology to molecular biology, stating that disciplines such as ecology, developmental biology, taxonomy, physiology, etc. had stagnated and could progress only once the underlying disciplines of molecular biology and biochemistry had elucidated their underpinnings, going so far as to discourage their study by students.
watson championed a switch in focus for the school from classical biology to molecular biology stating that disciplines such as ecology developmental biology taxonomy physiology etc had stagnated and could progress only once the underlying disciplines of molecular biology and biochemistry had elucidated their underpinnings going so far as to discourage their study by students