Embryonics: A path to artificial life?

Artificial Life

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 313-332

  Zhang, Xuegong ^a   Dragffy, Gabriel ^a   Pipe, Anthony G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cell elimination; Cellular differentiation; Cellular division; Embryonics; Immunotronics; Self repair

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DNA; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FAILURE ANALYSIS; MUTAGENESIS; RELIABILITY THEORY;

CELL ELIMINATION; CELLULAR DIFFERENTIATION; CELLULAR DIVISION; EMBRYONICS; IMMUNOTRONICS;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL DEATH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; DNA REPAIR; ELECTRONICS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CELL DEATH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; DNA REPAIR; ELECTRONICS; EMBRYOLOGY; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 33746804903     PISSN: 10645462     EISSN: 15309185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/artl.2006.12.3.313     Document Type: Article

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