Different dimensions of robustness- noise, topology and rates – are nearly independent in chemical switches.

Life prospers despite adverse conditions in many unpredictable dimensions. This requires that cellular processes work reliably, that is they are robust against many kinds of perturbations. For example, a cellular decision to differentiate should be stable despite changes in metabolic conditions and stochasticity due to thermal noise. For evolutionary stability, the same differentiation switch…

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