Towards a theory of biological robustness

Molecular Systems Biology

Volumn 3, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Kitano, Hiroaki ^a,b,c  

^a SONY COMPUTER SCIENCE LABORATORIES INC   (Japan)

^b Systems Biology Institute   (Japan)

^c CANCER INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBUSTNESS; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; THEORY; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PROBABILITY; RESEARCH DESIGN; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

EID: 34548825690     PISSN: 17444292     EISSN: 17444292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/msb4100179     Document Type: Editorial

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