Evolution from Cellular to Social Scales

Evolution is a critical challenge for many areas of science, technology and development of society. The book reviews general evolutionary facts such as origin of life and evolution of the genome and clues to evolution through simple systems. Emerging areas of science such as "systems biology&qu...

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Other Authors: Skjeltorp, Arne T. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Belushkin, Alexander V. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2008.
Edition:1st ed. 2008.
Series:NATO Science for Peace and Security Series B: Physics and Biophysics,
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8761-5
Table of Contents:
  • The Accuracy of Molecular Processes
  • Experimental Evolution: Bugs and Bytes
  • Evolutionary Dynamics
  • Small RNA Control of Cell-to-Cell Communication in Vibrio Harveyi and Vibrio Cholerae
  • Dynamical Genetic Regulation
  • Translation Attenuation Mechanism in Unfolded Protein Response
  • The Origin and Evolution of Viruses
  • Fokker-Planck and Chapman-Kolmogorov Equations for Ito Processes with Finite Memory
  • Evolution of FX Markets via Globalization of Capital
  • Evolutionary Dynamics of Genes and Environment in Cancer Development
  • Aging as Evolution-Facilitating Program and a Biochemical Approach to Switch It Off
  • Evolution of Vision.