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Nonlinear Biology
Original title: 非線形生物学
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Nonlinear biology (Japanese reading: hisenkei seibutsugaku) is a branch of nonlinear science covering fields from molecules to species populations. Although it overlaps considerably with mathematical biology, its characteristic may be its active emphasis on the nonlinearity of models1.
Prior studies include Alan Turing's theory of morphogenesis using a reaction-diffusion model and Hodgkin and Huxley's action-potential model. The vast accumulated work on nonlinear-network models classified as systems neuroscience could probably also be classified as nonlinear science.
The current task in this field is consciously applying general methodologies of nonlinear science proposed by Yoshitsugu Oono and others, such as phenomenology and renormalization, to biological problems; however, because the gap between experiment and theory is deep, Japan has no notable successful examples yet.
非線形生物学（ひせんけいせいぶつがく）とは、非線型科学の一部門で、分子から種集団までをカバーする学問分野。数理生物学と重なる部分が多いが、モデルの非線型性を積極的に強調するところが特徴と言えるだろう1。
先行研究として、アラン・チューリングによる反応拡散モデルによる形態形成の理論や、ホジキンとハックスレーによる活動電位のモデルなどを挙げることができる。また、システム神経科学に分類される非線型ネットワークモデルによる膨大な蓄積も非線型科学に分類することが可能だろう。
大野克嗣らによって提案されている非線型科学の一般的な方法論、たとえば現象論や繰り込みなどを意識的に生物学の諸問題に適用することが、現時点でのこの分野の課題だが、実験と理論との溝が深いために日本ではまだこれといった成功例はない。
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