Sloppiness, robustness, and evolvability in systems biology

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 389-395

  Daniels, Bryan C ^a   Chen, Yan Jiun ^a   Sethna, James P ^a   Gutenkunst, Ryan N ^b   Myers, Christopher R ^c  

^a Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics and Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering   (United States)

^b Plant Breeding and Genetics Section in the School of Integrative Plant Science   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL NETWORKS; COLLECTIVE BEHAVIOR; EVOLVABILITY; EXTERNAL CONDITIONING; MULTI-PARAMETER MODELS; REACTION PARAMETERS; ROBUST SY STEMS; SYSTEM BEHAVIORS; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL REACTION; EVOLVABILITY; GENE MUTATION; MODEL; NONHUMAN; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA STRUCTURE; ROBUSTNESS; SLOPPINESS; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

EID: 49549094042     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2008.06.008     Document Type: Review

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