Biological Evolution and Statistical Physics

Lecture notes in physics

Angelo Valleriani, Michael Lässig

338 pages, parution le 10/06/2002

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Résumé

This set of lecture notes gives a first coherent account of a novel aspect of the living world that can be called biological information. The book presents both a pedagogical and state-of-the art roadmap of this rapidly evolving area and covers the whole field, from information which is encoded in the molecular genetic code to the description of large-scale evolution of complex species networks. The book will prove useful for all those who work at the interface of biology, physics and information science.

Contents:

From the contents: Statistical Significance and Extremal Ensemble of Gapped Local Hybrid Alignment.
On the Design of Optimization Critera for Multiple Sequence Alignment.
Red Queen Dynamics and the Evolution of Translational Redundancy.
A Testable Genotype-Phenotype Map: Modeling Evolution of RNA Molecules.
Evolutionary Perspectives on Protein Structure, Stability, and Functionality.
The Statistical Approach to Molecular Phylogeny: Evidence for a Nonhyperthermophilic Common Ancestor.
Principles of Cophylogenetic Maps.
Accounting for Phylogenetic Uncertainty in Comparative Studies of Evolution and Adaptation.
The "Shape" of Phylogenies Under Simple Random Speciation Models.
Fitness Landscapes.
Tempo and Mode in Quasispecies Evolution.
Multilevel Processes in Evolution and Development.
Evolutionary Strategies for Solving Optimazation Problems.
Review of Biological Ageing on the Computer.
Spatio-Temporal Modes of Speciation.

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Springer
Auteur(s)	Angelo Valleriani, Michael Lässig
Parution	10/06/2002
Nb. de pages	338
Format	16 x 24
Couverture	Relié
Poids	620g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9783540431886