CHAPTER NINE Synthetic Biology Redux—Computer Simulation and Artificial Life

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. Introduction 1
5. PART ONE Models: Explaining Development without the Help of Genes
6. Introduction 11
7. CHAPTER ONE Synthetic Biology and the Origin of Living Form 15
8. CHAPTER TWO Morphology as a Science of Mechanical Forces 50
9. CHAPTER THREE Untimely Births of a Mathematical Biology 79
10. PART TWO Metaphors: Genes and Developmental Narratives
11. Introduction 113
12. CHAPTER FOUR Genes, Gene Action, and Genetic Programs 123
13. CHAPTER FIVE Taming the Cybernetic Metaphor 148
14. CHAPTER SIX Positioning Positional Information 173
15. PART THREE Machines: Understanding Development with Computers, Recombinant DNA, and Molecular Imaging
16. Intorduction 199
17. CHAPTER SEVEN The Visual Culture of Molecular Embryology 205
18. CHAPTER EIGHT New Roles for Mathematical and Computational Modeling 234
19. CHAPTER NINE Synthetic Biology Redux—Computer Simulation and Artificial Life 265
20. Conclusion: Understanding Development 295
21. Notes 305
22. References 351
23. Index 382