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Preface
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INTRODUCTION |
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Models in Theoretical Biology
Manfred D. Laubichler and Gerd B. Müller
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CONCEPTUAL ISSUES |
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What Is in a Model?
Combining Theoretical and Material Models to Develop Intelligible Theories
Sabina Leonelli |
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Experimental Model Systems
An Epistemological Aperçu from the Perspective of Molecular Biology
Hans-Jörg Rheinberger |
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The Role of Complex Networks in Biological Modeling and Systems Biology
Luciano da Fontoura Costa |
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FORM |
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Modeling the Spectrum of Existent, Nonexistent, and Impossible Biological Form
A Research Program
George R. McGhee |
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Computational Models of Dendritic Morphology
From Parsimonious Description to Biological Insight
Alexei V. Samsonovich and Giorgio A. Ascoli |
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Geometric Modeling and Quantitative Visualization of Virus Ultrastructure
Chandrajit Bajaj |
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DEVELOPMENT |
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Modeling Developmental Asymmetries
Diego Rasskin-Gutman, Marta Ibañes Miguez and Juan Carlos Izpisúa-Belmonte |
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Modeling Wave Propagation, Chemotaxis, Cell Adhesion, and Cell
Examples with Dictyostelium, Using a 3-D Cell-Based Model
Eirikur Palsson |
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Modeling Neuronal Growth and Shape
Jaap van Pelt and Harry B. M. Uylings |
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BEHAVIOR |
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Modeling Complex Biobehavioral Systems
Jeffrey C. Schank and Thomas J. Koehnle |
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Information-Theoretic Modeling of Sensory Ecology
Channels of Organism-Specific Meaningful Information
Chrystopher L. Nehaniv, Danial Polani, Lars Olsson and Alexander S. Klyubin |
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Human-Robot Interaction as a Model for Autism Therapy
An Experimental Study with Children with Autism
Iain Werry and Kerstin Dautenhahn |
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EVOLUTION |
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Modeling Optimization and Early Land Plant Evolution
Karl J. Niklas |
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Computer Modeling in Behavioral and Evolutionary Ecology
Whys and Wherefores
James A. R. Marshall and Nigel R. Franks |
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Modeling in EvoDevo
How to Integrate Development, Evolution, and Ecology
James P. Collins, Scott F. Gilbert, Manfred D. Laubichler and Gerd B. Müller |
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Contributors
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Index
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