Publication Date:
2012-04-14
Description:
Computational approaches are breaking new ground in understanding how embryos form. Here, we discuss recent studies that couple precise measurements in the embryo with appropriately matched modeling and computational methods to investigate classic embryonic patterning strategies. We include signaling gradients, activator-inhibitor systems, and coupled oscillators, as well as emerging paradigms such as tissue deformation. Parallel progress in theory and experiment will play an increasingly central role in deciphering developmental patterning.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Morelli, Luis G -- Uriu, Koichiro -- Ares, Saul -- Oates, Andrew C -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2012 Apr 13;336(6078):187-91. doi: 10.1126/science.1215478.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden, Germany.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22499940" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Animals
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*Body Patterning
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Computational Biology
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*Computer Simulation
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Drosophila/embryology
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Embryo, Nonmammalian/cytology/metabolism
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Embryonic Development
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Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
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Gene Regulatory Networks
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*Models, Biological
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Signal Transduction
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Zebrafish/embryology
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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