Theoretical Biology: Epigenetic and Evolutionary Order from Complex Systems

Goodwin, Brian

ISBN 10: 0852246005 / ISBN 13: 9780852246009

Published by Edinburgh Univ Pr, 1990

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Theoretical Biology: Epigenetic and Evolutionary Order from Complex Systems
• Publisher: Edinburgh Univ Pr
• Publication Date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0852246005
• ISBN 13: 9780852246009
• Binding: hardcover
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

How does complexity of development, structure, and function of organisms emerge from the relative simplicity of biochemistry and genetics? In Theoretical Biology, Brian Goodwin and Peter Saunders bring together a distinguished group of contributors to provide a broad-based yet coherent inquiry into biological processes. In the spirit of C. H. Waddington's Towards a Theoretical Biology, the authors seek to establish the generative principles that apply throughout the field of biology to give a unifying logical structure to diverse empirical phenomena. Major topics include self-organization in complex systems; order and adaptability in genetic networks; development and evolution; and the relevance of physics and mathematics to biology.