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Adaptive walks in a gene network model of morphogenesis: insights into the Cambrian explosion.
The International journal of developmental biology - 1 Jan 2003
Solé Ricard V, Fernández Pau, Kauffman Stuart A
Abstract excerpt
The emergence of complex patterns of organization close to the Cambrian boundary is known to have happened over a (geologically) short period of time. It involved the rapid diversification of body plans and stands as one of the major transitions in evolution. How it took place is a controversial issue. Here we explore this problem by considering a simple model of pattern formation in multicellular organisms. By...
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