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Biologists create first predictive computational model of gene networks that control development of sea-urchin embryos |
August 29, 2012
As an animal develops from an embryo, its cells take diverse paths, eventually forming different body parts -- muscles, bones, heart. In order for each cell to know what to do during development, it follows a genetic blueprint, which consists of complex webs of interacting genes called gene regulatory networks. Biologists have spent the last decade or so detailing how these gene networks control development in sea-urchin embryos. Now, for the first time, they have built a computational model of one of these networks.
Link: http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/computers_math/computer_science/~3/B14125izt_c/120829092145.htm
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