Can morphogenesis be understood in terms of physical rules?

Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 87-92

  Takaki, Ryuji ^a  

^a KOBE DESIGN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Algorithm; Branching structures; Computer simulation; Energy consumption; Human organs

Indexed keywords

PHYSIOLOGY;

ANATOMY; CAPILLARY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; LIVER DEVELOPMENT; LUNG DEVELOPMENT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MORPHOGENESIS;

EID: 17644373416     PISSN: 02505991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02705153     Document Type: Conference Paper

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