Monte Carlo simulation of a simple gene network yields new evolutionary insights

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 250, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 468-474

  Andrecut, M ^a   Cloud, D ^a   Kauffman, S A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Evolutionary Biology; Gene networks; Monte Carlo simulation

Indexed keywords

CANCER; CYTOLOGY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENE; MODELING; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; EVOLUTION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE GENETICS; SIMULATION;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENES, SWITCH; MODELS, GENETIC; MONTE CARLO METHOD; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 38049049174     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2007.10.035     Document Type: Article

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