Systems biology and the mechanistic framework

History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 43-62

  Braillard, Pierre Alain ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Design explanation; Functional constraints; Mechanism; Systems biology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CHEMOTAXIS; ENGINEERING; EVOLUTION; FISH; HUMAN; PHILOSOPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; RESEARCH; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; CHEMOTAXIS; ENGINEERING; EVOLUTION; FISHES; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHILOSOPHY; RESEARCH; RESPIRATION; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

EID: 78049446324     PISSN: 03919714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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