Wednesday, 30 September 2015

molecular biology - Negative feedback loop and oscillations


According to the textbook Alberts Molecular Biology of the Cell (5th ed., p. 902), negative feedback loops cause oscillations when they are long delayed. I just can't figure out why.


Except for that, in case of short delayed feedback, the inhibition doesn't seem to be full and to go down only mid-way, according to the attached plot. Why?


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