Biology by numbers: Mathematical modelling in developmental biology

Nature Reviews Genetics

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 331-340

  Tomlin, Claire J ^a,b   Axelrod, Jeffrey D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b 496 Lomita Mall   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEEDBACK, BIOCHEMICAL; HUMANS; MATHEMATICS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS;

EID: 34247236577     PISSN: 14710056     EISSN: 14710064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrg2098     Document Type: Review

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