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Commentary

Nature Physics 2, 212–214 (1 April 2006) | doi:10.1038/nphys231

Simplifying biological complexity

B. T. Grenfell , C. S. Williams , O. N. Bj|[oslash]|rnstad & J. R. Banavar

There are huge and growing opportunities for fruitful interactions between physicists and biologists. Understanding how key components of a biological system interact across organizational levels is a major challenge, requiring an intimate link between theory and biological data.