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Development and differentiation, example of “sticky” switching . Brief Stimulus (Fertilization). Development continues with no additional stimulation. How do the development circuits enable “sticky” switching?. Like a microprocessor.
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Development and differentiation, example of “sticky” switching Brief Stimulus (Fertilization) Development continues with no additional stimulation How do the development circuits enable “sticky” switching?
Like a microprocessor Sea Urchin Development Network: Davidson, et al., Science, 2002
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Band dector (of chemical concentrations) Credit: S. Basu, et al., Princeton U.
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