Scientists Use Math Modeling to Predict Unknown Biological Mechanism of Regulation

This article from Phys.org discusses the use of mathematical models to predict previously unknown cellular mechanisms. These models were created from data obtained by DNA microarrays. These models, inspired by those used in quantum mechanics, were used to "to predict a previously unknown mechanism of regulation that correlates the beginning of DNA replication with RNA transcription, the process by which the information in DNA is transferred to RNA. This is the first mechanism to be predicted from mathematical modeling of microarray data." The article further explains what a DNA microarray is and how scientists have been able to make sense of the large amount of data they generate.