A linear-encoding model explains the variability of the target morphology in regeneration

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 11, Issue 92, 2014, Pages

  Lobo, Daniel ^a   Solano, Mauricio ^b   Bubenik, George A ^c   Levin, Michael ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Deer antler; Fiddler crab; In silico modelling; Morphology encoding; Planaria; Regeneration

Indexed keywords

ENCODING (SYMBOLS); FINITE AUTOMATA; INVERSE PROBLEMS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NUCLEIC ACIDS;

DEER ANTLER; FIDDLER CRAB; IN-SILICO; PLANARIA; REGENERATION;

MORPHOLOGY;

ALGORITHM; AMPUTATION; BIOENGINEERING; BIOMEDICINE; DEER; DEVELOPMENT; DROSOPHILA; HORN; HYDRA; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; REGENERATION; REVIEW; SALAMANDER; TURBELLARIA; UCA; XENOPUS; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRACHYURA; DEER ANTLER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IN SILICO MODELLING; METHODOLOGY; MORPHOGENESIS; MORPHOLOGY ENCODING; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

DEER ANTLER; FIDDLER CRAB; IN SILICO MODELLING; MORPHOLOGY ENCODING; PLANARIA; REGENERATION;

ANIMALS; ANTLERS; BIOENGINEERING; BRACHYURA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MORPHOGENESIS; PLANARIANS; REGENERATION; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

EID: 84893042939     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2013.0918     Document Type: Review

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