Bibliothèque de L'IMIST/CNRST

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in association with the Society for Developmental Biology.

Models of biological pattern formation : from elementary steps to the organization of embryonic axes / Hans Meinhardt -- Robustness of embryonic spatial patterning in Drosophila melanogaster / David Umulis, Michael B. O'Connor, and Hans G. Othmer -- Integrating morphogenesis with underlying mechanics and cell biology / Lance A. Davidson -- The mechanisms underlying primitive streak formation in the chick embryo / Manli Chuai and Cornelis J. Weijer -- Grid-free models of multicellular systems, with an application to large-scale vortices accompanying primitive streak formation / Timothy J. Newman -- Mathematical models for somite formation / Ruth E. Baker, Santiago Schnell, and Philip K. Maini -- Coordinated action of N-CAM, N-cahedrin, EphA4, end ephrinB2 translates genetic prepatterns into structure during somitogenesis in chick / James A. Glazier ... [and others] -- Branched organs : mechanics of morphogenesis by multiple mechanisms / Sharon R. Lubkin -- Multicellular sprouting during vasculogenesis / Andras Czirok ... [and others] -- Modeling lung branching morphogenesis / Takashi Miura -- Multiscale models for vertebrate limb development / Stuart A. Newman ... [and others] -- Tooth morphogenesis in vivo, in vitro, and in silico / Isaac Salazar-Ciudad -- Delaunay-object-dynamics : cell mechanics with a 3D kinetic and dynamic weighted Delaunay-triangulation / Michael Meyer-Hermann -- Cellular automata as microscopic models of cell migration in heterogeneous environments / Haralambos Hatzikirou and Andreas Deutsch -- Multiscale modeling of biological pattern formation / Ramon Grima -- Relating biophysical properties across scales / Elijah Flenner ... [and others] -- Complex multicellular systems and immune competition : new paradigms looking for a mathematical theory / Nicola Bellomo and Guido Forni.

Mathematical and computational biology is playing an increasingly important role in the biological sciences. This science brings forward unique challenges, many of which are, at the moment, beyond the theoretical techniques available. Developmental biology, due to its complexity, has lagged somewhat behind its sister disciplines (such as molecular biology and population biology) in making use of quantitative modeling to further biological understanding. This volume comprises work that is among the best developmental modeling available and we feel it will do much to remedy this situation. This book is aimed at all those with an interest in the interdisciplinary field of computer and mathematical modeling of multi-cellular and developmental systems. It is also a goal of the Editors to attract more developmental biologists to consider integrating modeling components into their research. Most importantly, this book is intended to serve as a portal into this research area for younger scientists - especially graduate students and post-docs, from both biological and quantitative backgrounds. * Articles written by leading exponents in the field * Provides techniques to address multiscale modelling * Coverage includes a wide spectrum of modeling approaches * Includes descriptions of the most recent advances in the field.

Description based on online resource; title from HTML table of contents page (ScienceDirect, viewed Sept. 30, 2013).