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Biological evolution and statistical physics / M. Lässig, A. Valleriani (eds.).

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Lecture notes in physics ; 585.Publication details: Berlin ; New York : Springer, ©2002.Description: 1 online resource (xi, 337 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9783540456926
  • 3540456929
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Biological evolution and statistical physics.DDC classification:
  • 576.8 21
LOC classification:
  • QH366.2 .B57 2002
Online resources:
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.
Summary: 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.
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Based on papers from a workshop held in Dresden, Germany in 2000.

Includes bibliographical references.

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.

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.

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