布尔网络在生物学中已被用于模拟'''<font color="#FF8000">调节网络 Regulatory Networks </font>'''。虽然布尔网络是对遗传现实的粗略简化,基因不是简单的二进制开关,但在一些情况下,它们正确地捕捉了表达和抑制基因的正确模式<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Albert|first1=Réka|last2=Othmer|first2=Hans G|title=The topology of the regulatory interactions predicts the expression pattern of the segment polarity genes in Drosophila melanogaster|journal=Journal of Theoretical Biology|date=July 2003|volume=223|issue=1|pages=1–18|doi=10.1016/S0022-5193(03)00035-3|pmid=12782112|pmc=6388622|citeseerx=10.1.1.13.3370}}<!--|accessdate=25 November 2014--></ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Li|first1=J.|last2=Bench|first2=A. J.|last3=Vassiliou|first3=G. S.|last4=Fourouclas|first4=N.|last5=Ferguson-Smith|first5=A. C.|last6=Green|first6=A. R.|title=Imprinting of the human L3MBTL gene, a polycomb family member located in a region of chromosome 20 deleted in human myeloid malignancies |journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|date=30 April 2004 |volume=101|issue=19 |pages=7341–7346 |doi=10.1073/pnas.0308195101|pmid=15123827 |pmc=409920|bibcode = 2004PNAS..101.7341L }}</ref>。 | 布尔网络在生物学中已被用于模拟'''<font color="#FF8000">调节网络 Regulatory Networks </font>'''。虽然布尔网络是对遗传现实的粗略简化,基因不是简单的二进制开关,但在一些情况下,它们正确地捕捉了表达和抑制基因的正确模式<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Albert|first1=Réka|last2=Othmer|first2=Hans G|title=The topology of the regulatory interactions predicts the expression pattern of the segment polarity genes in Drosophila melanogaster|journal=Journal of Theoretical Biology|date=July 2003|volume=223|issue=1|pages=1–18|doi=10.1016/S0022-5193(03)00035-3|pmid=12782112|pmc=6388622|citeseerx=10.1.1.13.3370}}<!--|accessdate=25 November 2014--></ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Li|first1=J.|last2=Bench|first2=A. J.|last3=Vassiliou|first3=G. S.|last4=Fourouclas|first4=N.|last5=Ferguson-Smith|first5=A. C.|last6=Green|first6=A. R.|title=Imprinting of the human L3MBTL gene, a polycomb family member located in a region of chromosome 20 deleted in human myeloid malignancies |journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|date=30 April 2004 |volume=101|issue=19 |pages=7341–7346 |doi=10.1073/pnas.0308195101|pmid=15123827 |pmc=409920|bibcode = 2004PNAS..101.7341L }}</ref>。 |