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Computational biology: Biological logic

An intuitive approach to computer modelling could reveal paths to discovery, finds Lucas Laursen.

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Lucas Laursen is a freelance journalist in Cambridge, UK.

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Laursen, L. Computational biology: Biological logic. Nature 462, 408–410 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/462408a

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