Emergent complexity in simple neural systems

Communicative and Integrative Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 467-470

  Boettiger, Alistair N ^a   Oster, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Complexity; Model; Mollusk; Pattern; Sea shells

Indexed keywords

MOLLUSCA;

EID: 77951961828     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19420889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cib.2.6.9260     Document Type: Article

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