In silico is an expression used to mean `performed on computer or via computer simulation.` The phrase was coined in 1989 as an analogy to the Latin phrases in vivo, in vitro, and in situ, which are commonly used in biology (see also systems biology) and refer to experiments done in living organisms, outside of living organisms, and where they a.....
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means using silicon-based computer technologies to perform simulations, modeling and experiments
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Term used (rather jokingly) for experiments done using a computer database (ie. on a silicon chip). It is now possible to match a small sequence of nucleotides with a full-length gene by running a search on a database; often it is then possible to order the appropriate cDNA in a vector ready for use. Derived by analogy with in vitro > in vitro and in vivo.
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