2015 Research Annual Report

Biomedical Informatics

Quantitative Model Provides Big Clues Into How Tiny Embryos Develop

A biological-mathematical-genetic model called TEMS, or Tissue Expansion-Modulated Maternal Morphogen Scaling, is providing insights into one of nature’s most intriguing genetic questions about scaling – the proportional growth of tissues, organs and structures from tiny ovaries, eggs and embryos.