UID:
almahu_9948025798702882
Format:
1 online resource (474 p.)
ISBN:
1-281-01203-3
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9786611012038
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0-08-049758-6
Content:
Conceived for both computer scientists and biologists alike, this collection of 22 essays highlights the important new role that computers play in developmental biology research. Essays show how through computer modeling, researchers gain further insight into developmental processes. Featured essays also cover their use in designing computer algorithms to tackle computer science problems in areas like neural network design, robot control, evolvable hardware, and more. Peter Bentley, noted for his prolific research on evolutionary computation, and Sanjeev Kumar head up a respected team to guide
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Description based upon print version of record.
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Front Cover; On Growth, Form and Computers; Copyright Page; Contents; About the editors; Foreword; List of contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1. An introduction to computational development; Section 1: DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; Chapter 2. Relationships between development and evolution; Chapter 3. The principles of cell signalling; Chapter 4. From genotype to phenotype: looking into the black box; Chapter 5. Plasticity and reprogramming of differentiated cells in amphibian regeneration; Section 2: ANALYTICAL MODELS OF DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY
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Chapter 6. Qualitative modelling and simulation of developmental regulatory networksChapter 7. Models for pattern formation and the position-specific activation of genes; Chapter 8. Signalling in multicellular models of plant development; Chapter 9. Computing an organism: on the interface between informatic and dynamic processes; Section 3: THE ROLE OF PHYSICS IN DEVELOPMENT; Chapter 10. Broken symmetries and biological patterns; Chapter 11. Using mechanics to map genotype to phenotype
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Chapter 12. How synthetic biology provides insights into contact-mediated lateral inhibition and other mechanismsSection 4: DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY INSPIRED COMPUTATION; Chapter 13. The evolution of evolvability; Chapter 14. Artificial genomes as models of gene regulation; Chapter 15. Evolving the program for a cell: from French flags to Boolean circuits; Chapter 16. Combining developmental processes and their physics in an artificial evolutionary system to evolve shapes; Chapter 17. Evolution of differentiated multi-threaded digital organisms
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Section 5: APPLICATIONS OF BIOLOGICALLY INSPIRED DEVELOPMENTChapter 18. Artificial life models of neural development; Chapter 19. Evolving computational neural systems using synthetic developmental mechanisms; Chapter 20. A developmental model for the evolution of complete autonomous agents; Chapter 21. Harnessing morphogenesis; Chapter 22. Evolvable hardware: pumping life into dead silicon; Glossary; Index; Color Plate Section
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-12-428765-4
Language:
English
