title: Modeling and experiment in developmental biology.
abstract: Models in developmental biology continue to yield valuable insights, yet do not play a strong role as guides to experiment. This may be because of the largely unexplored complexity of most developing organisms, and the fact that the most powerful models work at a very abstract level. In Dictyostelium discoideum, however, a fully formed model incorporating detailed experimental results is now available.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, New Jersey 08544.
authors.forename: E C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Cox
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015509:Developmental Biology / Q000379:methods*; D008954:Models, Biological