Toward a mathematical theory of living systems focusing on developmental biology and evolution: A review and perspectives

Physics of Life Reviews

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-18

  Bellomo, N ^a   Carbonaro, B ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Evolution; Genes and genome; Living matters; Mutations; Nonlinear interactions; Stochastic games

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; LIVING MATTER; MUTATIONS; NONLINEAR INTERACTIONS; STOCHASTIC GAME;

BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; FOCUSING; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

GENES;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EVOLUTION; GENOME; HUMAN; KINETICS; MATHEMATICS; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; REVIEW; STATISTICS; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME; HUMANS; KINETICS; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

EID: 79952186660     PISSN: 15710645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plrev.2010.12.001     Document Type: Review

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