To verify their idea, they teamed
with experimental biologists Anna Kuchina, co-lead author of the study, and Gürol Süel, co-lead investigator, both of the University of California at San Diego.
The systems biology workforce comprises
classical experimental biologists, clinical scientists, mathematicians, computer scientists, physicists, engineers, and other specialists.
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Experimental biologists often think in static terms and tend to look at biological processes in isolation, whereas our approach is to think in more dynamic terms,» explains Kummer.
Geneticists will have to work
with experimental biologists to confirm that neural crest cells are involved in changing the appearance of domesticated animals.
«If you are
an experimental biologist, in your experiments you see an amazing variety of cell types.
In this regard, we are fortunate to have a long - standing collaboration with
experimental biologists, and I would like to especially thank Dr. John F. Hancock and members of his laboratory here in our school.