Biological Evolution and Statistical Physics
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 t...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin, Heidelberg
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
2002, 2002
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2002 |
| Series: | Lecture Notes in Physics
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Molecular information and evolution
- Statistical significance and extremal ensemble of gapped local hybrid alignment
- On the design of optimization criteria for multiple sequence alignment
- Red queen dynamics and the evolution of translational redundancy and degeneracy
- A testable genotype-phenotype map: modeling evolution of RNA molecules
- Evolutionary perspectives on protein structure, stability, and functionality
- Phylogeny
- 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
- The evolution of populations and species
- Fitness landscapes
- Tempo and mode in quasispecies evolution
- Multilevel processes in evolution and development: Computational models and biological insights
- Evolutionary strategies for solving optimization problems
- Review of biological ageing on the computer
- Spatio-temporal modes of speciation
- Large-scale evolution
- Food web structure and the evolution of ecological communities
- Dynamics and topology of species networks
- Modelling macroevolutionary patterns: An ecological perspective