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The Power of Mathematical Modeling in Developmental Biology

Biological Physics of the Developing Embryo Gabor Forgacs and Stuart A. Newman Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005 (337 pp; $ 64 hbk; ISBN 0-521-78337-2)

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Rasskin-Gutman, D. The Power of Mathematical Modeling in Developmental Biology. Biol Theory 2, 108–111 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1162/biot.2007.2.1.108

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