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Wetware : a computer in every living cell /

How does a single-cell creature, such as an amoeba, lead such a sophisticated life? How does it hunt living prey, respond to lights, sounds, and smells, and display complex sequences of movements without the benefit of a nervous system? This book offers a startling and original answer. In clear, jar...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bray, Dennis (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2009.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Clever cells
  • Simulated life
  • Protein switches
  • Protein signals
  • Cell wiring
  • Neural nets
  • Cell awareness
  • Molecular morphing
  • Cells together
  • Genetic circuits
  • Robots
  • The juice
  • Amoeba redux.