... of developmental processes such as molecular patterning and tissue morphogenesis, highlighting their advantages and limitations, and their crucial role in future research. Computer modeling Simulation Developmental biology Morphogenesis Gene regulatory network Gene circuit D'Arcy Thompson's...

... are directly controlled by regulatory gene circuits. In vertebrates, the key transcription factors MyoD and Myf5 control cell cycle withdrawal and induction of differentiation in skeletal muscle cells ( Kitzmann et al., 1998 ). This type of regulation is likely to be more robust. Nevertheless, evolutionary...