Bioattractors: Dynamical systems theory and the evolution of regulatory processes

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 592, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2267-2281

  Jaeger, Johannes ^a,b   Monk, Nick ^c  

^a CENTRE FOR GENOMIC REGULATION CRG   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS THEORY; EPIGENETICS; EVOLUTION; GENOTYPE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REGULATORY PROCESS; REVIEW; SIMULATION; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; THEORY; ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; SYSTEMS THEORY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SYSTEMS THEORY;

EID: 84901484116     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2014.272385     Document Type: Review

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