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Biological Evolution and Statistical Physics

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  • © 2002

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Editors:
  1. Michael Lässig

    1. Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Cologne, Köln, Germany

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  2. Angelo Valleriani

    1. Theory Division, MPI for Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam, Germany

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  • Bridges the gap between advanced textbook material and the research literature
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Physics (LNP, volume 585)

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-VIII
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  2. Molecular information and evolution

    1. Statistical significance and extremal ensemble of gapped local hybrid alignment

      • Yi-Kuo Yu, Ralf Bundschuh, Terence Hwa
      Pages 3-21

    2. On the design of optimization criteria for multiple sequence alignment

      • Dannie Durand, Martin Farach-Colton
      Pages 22-36

    3. Red queen dynamics and the evolution of translational redundancy and degeneracy

      • David C. Krakauer, Vincent A.A. Jansen, Martin Nowak
      Pages 37-54

    4. A testable genotype-phenotype map: modeling evolution of RNA molecules

      • Peter Schuster
      Pages 55-81

    5. Evolutionary perspectives on protein structure, stability, and functionality

      • Richard A. Goldstein
      Pages 82-107

  4. The evolution of populations and species

    1. Fitness landscapes

      • Peter F. Stadler
      Pages 183-204

    2. Tempo and mode in quasispecies evolution

      • Joachim Krug
      Pages 205-216

    3. Multilevel processes in evolution and development: Computational models and biological insights

      • Paulien Hogeweg
      Pages 217-239

    4. Evolutionary strategies for solving optimization problems

      • Werner Ebeling, Axel Reimann, Lutz Molgedey
      Pages 240-254

    5. Review of biological ageing on the computer

      • Dietrich Stauffer
      Pages 255-267

    6. Spatio-temporal modes of speciation

      • Martin Rost, Michael Lässig
      Pages 268-278

  5. Large-scale evolution

    1. Food web structure and the evolution of ecological communities

      • Christopher Quince, Paul G. Higgs, Alan J. McKane
      Pages 281-298

    2. Dynamics and topology of species networks

      • Ugo Bastolla, Michael Lässig, Susanna C. Manrubia, Angelo Valleriani
      Pages 299-311

    3. Modelling macroevolutionary patterns: An ecological perspective

      • Ricard V. Solé
      Pages 312-337
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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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Cologne, Köln, Germany

    Michael Lässig

  • Theory Division, MPI for Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam, Germany

    Angelo Valleriani

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