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Beschreibung
This book will appeal to all those interested in modern theories of evolutionary biology. The author presents a lucid account of the relationship between modern molecular biology and the time-honoured theories of evolution of species and population genetics. Accessible to all those with High School knowledge of biology and physics.
This book will appeal to all those interested in modern theories of evolutionary biology. The author presents a lucid account of the relationship between modern molecular biology and the time-honoured theories of evolution of species and population genetics. Accessible to all those with High School knowledge of biology and physics.
Über den Autor
Mikhail Vladimirowitsch Volkenstein (1912-1992), russian bio-physicist, was director of the Institute of Molecur Biology of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Research interests: Quantum Biophysics, Biopolymers, quantum-mechanical models of encyme catalysis, Fermi-resonance within Peptid-compounds. Volkenstein was born 1912 and died in 1992.
Zusammenfassung
This book will appeal to all those interested in modern theories of evolutionary biology. The author presents a lucid account of the relationship between modern molecular biology and the time-honoured theories of evolution of species and population genetics. Accessible to all those with High School knowledge of biology and physics.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
I Biological Evolution.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Evolutionary Methods.- 3. Directionality of Evolution.- 4. Adaptation.- II Molecular Basis of Evolution.- 5. Proteins.- 6. Neutrality of Point Mutations.- 7. The Molecular Drive.- III Physics of Biological Evolution.- 8. Physical Theory of Molecular Evolution.- 9. Chaos and Order in Evolution.- 10. Informational Aspects of Evolution.- References.- Author Index.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
Fachbereich: Theoretische Physik
Genre: Mathematik, Medizin, Naturwissenschaften, Physik, Technik
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: xiii
399 S.
ISBN-13: 9783642787904
ISBN-10: 3642787908
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Volkenstein, Mikhail V.
Übersetzung: Beknazarov, A.
Hersteller: Springer
Springer-Verlag GmbH
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, D-69121 Heidelberg, juergen.hartmann@springer.com
Maße: 235 x 155 x 23 mm
Von/Mit: Mikhail V. Volkenstein
Erscheinungsdatum: 13.12.2011
Gewicht: 0,633 kg
Artikel-ID: 106368940