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Segmentation in silico

A new mathematical biology is emerging. Building on experimental data from developing organisms, it uses the power of computational methods to explore the properties of real gene networks.

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Figure 1: Segmentation (in this case abnormal) in the Drosophila embryo.

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Dearden, P., Akam, M. Segmentation in silico. Nature 406, 131–132 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/35018180

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