▁source ▁software ▁application ▁for ▁model ing ▁and ▁visual izing ▁gene ▁regul atory ▁networks ▁( GR N s ). ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁Bio T apest ry ▁was ▁created ▁at ▁the ▁Institute ▁of ▁Systems ▁Bi ology ▁in ▁Seattle , ▁in ▁collaboration ▁with ▁the ▁David son ▁Lab ▁at ▁the ▁California ▁Institute ▁of ▁Technology . ▁ ▁The ▁project ▁was ▁initi ated ▁to ▁support ▁the ▁on going ▁development ▁of ▁the ▁model ▁of ▁the ▁GR N ▁reg ulating ▁the ▁development ▁of ▁the ▁end om es od erm ▁in ▁the ▁sea ▁ur chin ▁Str ong y lo cent rot us ▁pur pur atus . ▁Bio T apest ry ▁was ▁initially ▁made ▁public ▁in ▁late ▁ 2 0 0 3 ▁as ▁a ▁web - based , ▁read - only ▁interactive ▁vie wer ▁for ▁the ▁sea ▁ur chin ▁network , ▁with ▁the ▁first ▁fully ▁functional ▁editor ▁released ▁in ▁August ▁ 2 0 0 4 ▁( v 0 . 9 4 . 1 ). ▁ ▁The ▁current ▁version , ▁ 7 . 0 . 0 , ▁was ▁released ▁in ▁September ▁ 2 0 1 4 . ▁ ▁Development ▁ ▁Development ▁work ▁on ▁Bio T apest ry ▁is ▁on going . ▁ ▁For ▁more ▁information ▁about ▁version ▁ 7 . 0 , ▁see ▁the ▁release ▁notes ▁page . ▁ ▁Us age ▁▁ ▁Bio T apest ry ▁is ▁an ▁interactive ▁tool ▁for ▁model ing ▁and ▁visual izing ▁gene ▁regul atory ▁networks . ▁ ▁Inter active ▁examples ▁around ▁the ▁web ▁▁ ▁Sea ▁ur chin ▁end om es od erm ▁network ▁from ▁the ▁David son ▁Lab .