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The dynamics of each scale is determined by the collective activity of entities at the scale below it.<\/jats:p>\n               <jats:p>Results: I describe a multi-scale computational approach for modeling developmental systems and detail the methodology through a synthetic example of a developmental system that retains key features of real developmental systems. I discuss the simulation of the system as it emerges from cross-scale and intra-scale interactions and describe how an in silico study can be carried out by modifying these interactions in a way that mimics in vivo experiments. I highlight biological features of the results through a comparison with findings in Caenorhabditis elegans germline development and finally discuss about the applications of the approach in real developmental systems and propose future extensions.<\/jats:p>\n               <jats:p>Availability and implementation: The source code of the model of the synthetic developmental system can be found in www.wisdom.weizmann.ac.il\/~yaki\/MultiScaleModel.<\/jats:p>\n               <jats:p>Contact: \u00a0yaki.setty@gmail.com<\/jats:p>\n               <jats:p>Supplementary information: \u00a0Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1093\/bioinformatics\/bts307","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2012,5,25]],"date-time":"2012-05-25T01:19:20Z","timestamp":1337908760000},"page":"2022-2028","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":17,"title":["Multi-scale computational modeling of developmental biology"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"28","author":[{"given":"Yaki","family":"Setty","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"1 Weizmann Institute of Science, Computer Science and Applied Mathematics, Rehovot, Israel and 2Max-Planck-Institut f\u00fcr Informatik, Computational Systems Biology, 66123 Saarbr\u00fccken, Germany"},{"name":"1 Weizmann Institute of Science, Computer Science and Applied Mathematics, Rehovot, Israel and 2Max-Planck-Institut f\u00fcr Informatik, Computational Systems Biology, 66123 Saarbr\u00fccken, Germany"}]}],"member":"286","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2012,5,24]]},"reference":[{"key":"2023012512450720300_B1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"175","DOI":"10.1098\/rsif.2006.0173","article-title":"Explaining a complex living system: dynamics, multi-scaling and emergence","volume":"4","author":"Cohen","year":"2007","journal-title":"J. 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