Canalization and control in automata networks: body segmentation in Drosophila melanogaster.

We present schema redescription as a methodology to characterize canalization in automata networks used to model biochemical regulation and signalling. In our formulation, canalization becomes synonymous with redundancy present in the logic of automata. This results in straightforward measures to qu...

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Main Authors: Manuel Marques-Pita, Luis M Rocha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3592869?pdf=render