Biological Networks: The Tinkerer as an Engineer

Alon, Uri

doi:10.1126/science.1089072

articleScienceSep 25, 2003Closed access

Biological Networks: The Tinkerer as an Engineer

UAUri Alon

Weizmann Institute of Science

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Abstract

This viewpoint comments on recent advances in understanding the design principles of biological networks. It highlights the surprising discovery of "good-engineering" principles in biochemical circuitry that evolved by random tinkering.

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Engineering
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