Understanding biological complexity: Lessons from the past

FASEB Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-6

  Weiss, James N ^a   Qu, Zhilin ^a   Garfinkel, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational biology; Emergent properties; Modeling; Nonlinear dynamics; Pattern formation

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NERVE POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; THEORY;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 0037244938     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fj.02-0408rev     Document Type: Review

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