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The Molar Behavior of Cells in Development

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Kinetic Logic A Boolean Approach to the Analysis of Complex Regulatory Systems

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Biomathematics ((LNBM,volume 29))

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Abstract

Metazoan development poses among the most severe epistimological problems confronted by scientists. The aim of this chapter is to sketch these issues; in the next chapter I will discuss two complementary, but still naive approaches to some of the major problems raised.

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  1. Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, I9104, USA

    Stuart A. Kauffman

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  1. Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Brussels, Rue des Chevaux, 67, B-1640, Rhode Saint Genèse, Belgium

    René Thomas

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Kauffman, S.A. (1979). The Molar Behavior of Cells in Development. In: Thomas, R. (eds) Kinetic Logic A Boolean Approach to the Analysis of Complex Regulatory Systems. Lecture Notes in Biomathematics, vol 29. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-49321-8_2

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