Subject Index 343
Proteome growth, rules of, 176
Proteome model, 175–180
Quasi power theorem, 137
Quest for knowledge, 101
Random Boolean network (RBN),
181–183
Random graphs, 158
RBM (random Boolean network),
181–183
Reaction–diffusion mechanisms, embryo
pattern formation and, 70–76
Reaction–diffusion systems, 71
Reductionism, 106, 117–118
relational systems theory versus,
107–108
Relational block diagrams, 103–104
Relational models of mechanisms, 112
Relational networks, 138–148
Relational systems theory, 103
in chemistry and biology, 141–144
reductionism versus, 107–108
Relative gravity, 269–271, 272
Repressors, 55
Resistive networks, linear, 128–130
Resistor, 122
Reversibility, 325
Riemann zeta function, 186
Robustness, developmental, evolution of,
83–89
SC (subgraph count), 207–209
SC (symmetry corrected), 31
Schlegel diagrams, 20
Science
mathematics of, 117–118
objectivity and, 100–102
Scientific model, 100–101
Second cluster coefficient, 197
Segmentation, 65
insect, see Insect segmentation
Self–organization, 254–256
Self reference, 106
Self reference (cont.)
context dependence and, 102–103
Sensory physiology, 99
Shannon entropy, 204
Shannon theory, 203
Silicon, 36
Simple graphs, 194
Simulations, models versus, 244–246
Small–world effect, 162–164
Small–world structure of protein folding
maps, 165
Somitogenesis, 65
chemical oscillations and, 65–66
Somitogenesis oscillator, Lewis–Monk
model of, 66–69
Spanning tree, 194
Spemann–Mangold organizer, 71–72, 74
SPICE, non–linear networks simulation on,
133–138
Star graph, 194
States of systems, 241–242
Strongly connected component, 200
Subgraph, 193
Subgraph count (SC), 207–209
Sulfur, 36
Symmetry
fullerenes and, 29–34
left–right, axis formation and, 71–72
Symmetry corrected (SC), 31
Symmetry factor, 31
Synchronous cell movement, 264–266
Synthesis, 109
System overhead, 322
Systems, 241
states of, 241–242
TC (topological complexity), 211
Tellegen’s theorem, 120, 137
Thermodynamics, 114
network, see Network thermodynamics
non–equilibrium, 141
Time lag, 90
TO (topological overlap), 166
Topological complexity (TC), 211