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mathematical biology
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branch of biology which employs theoretical analysis, mathematical models and abstractions of the living organisms
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Within Vinony's link graph, mathematical biology is referenced by 680 other articles, and connects out to Thomas Robert Malthus, Animalia and plant.
It is catalogued under the topic Mathematical and theoretical biology.
Its subject is documented across 46 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- academic major
- Subclass of
- applied mathematics
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- Commons category
- Mathematical and theoretical biology
- topic's main category
- Category:Mathematical and theoretical biology
- is the study of
- modelling biological systems
- Stack Exchange tag
- mathoverflow.net/tags/mathematical-biology
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Encyclopedic overview
Yellow chamomile head showing the Fibonacci numbers in spirals consisting of 21 (blue) and 13 (aqua). Such arrangements have been noticed since the Middle Ages and can be used to make mathematical models of a wide variety of plants.
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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “mathematical biology” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.