Information Theory, Evolution, and the Origin of Life - Rilegato

Yockey, Hubert P.

 
9780521802932: Information Theory, Evolution, and the Origin of Life

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This book is an introduction to the use of information theory and coding theory in molecular biology.

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Descrizione del libro

An introduction to the use of information theory and coding theory in molecular biology. The author discusses how these tools can be used to analyse the sequences of the genome and the proteome, and thereby aid our understanding of the nature and origin of life.

Contenuti

1. The genetic information system; 2. James Watson, Francis Crick, George Gamow and the genetic code; 3. The central dogma of molecular biology; 4. The measure of information content in the genetic message; 5. Communication of information from the genome to the proteome; 6. The information content or complexity of protein families; 7. Evolution of the genetic code and its modern characteristics; 8. Haeckel's Urschleim and the role of the central dogma in the origin of life; 9. Philosophical approaches to the origin of life; 10. Error catastrophe and the hypercycles of Eigen and Schuster; 11. Randomness, complexity, the unknowable and the impossible; 12. Does evolution need an intelligent designer?

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9780521169585: Information Theory, Evolution, and The Origin of Life

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ISBN 10:  0521169585 ISBN 13:  9780521169585
Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2011
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