New approaches to the problem of generating coherent, reproducible phenotypes

Theory in Biosciences

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 47-61

  Norris, Vic ^a   Nana, Ghislain Gangwe ^b   Audinot, Jean Nicolas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

^c LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Cell division; Computing; Equilibrium; Module; Phenotypic diversity

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIVISION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CYTOLOGY; DNA REPLICATION; EVOLUTION; METHODOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; STATISTICS;

ALGORITHMS; BACTERIA; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIOLOGY; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIVISION; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DNA REPLICATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHENOTYPE; SOFTWARE; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 84896405758     PISSN: 14317613     EISSN: 16117530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12064-013-0185-4     Document Type: Article

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