Genes, Neurons, and the Internet Found to Have Some Identical Organizing Principles
November 5, 2002 | Source: KurzweilAI
Scientists have found several organizational patterns — “network motifs” — underlying genetic, neural, technological, and food networks.
The mathematical technique, first proposed by Dr. Uri Alon, of the Weizmann Institute this year, has now been shown to be applicable in a wide range of systems. Surprisingly, the team found two identical motifs in genetic and neural systems.