A cellular automaton model for neurogenesis in Drosophila

Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena

Volumn 118, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 151-160

  Luthi, Pascal O ^a   Chopard, Bastien ^a   Preiss, Anette ^b,c   Ramsden, Jeremy J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biological signal transduction; Cellular automata; Differentiation; Embryos; Neurogenesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 22244433884     PISSN: 01672789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-2789(98)00008-6     Document Type: Article

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