FAR EASTERN BRANCH OF THE RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
INSTITUTE OF APPLIED MATHEMATICS KHABAROVSK DIVISION
Far Eastern Mathematical Journal
On applicability of category theory to the description of ontogeny events |
Gudimenko A.I., Guzev M.A., Zhuravlev Yu.N. |
2016, issue 2, P. 147-159 |
Abstract |
| The possibility of application of the category-theoretical formalism to the description of the fundamental molecular events of ontogeny (transcription, translation and the protein combination formation) is studied. It is shown that a correspondence between these events and the well-known category operations, pull-back and push-out, can be established. The naturalness of application of the geometrical idea of fibration to the analyses of these events is demonstrated. |
Keywords: ontogeny, biological objects, mathematical modelling, category theory, fiber bundles |
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