Life: An Introduction to Complex Systems Biology

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What is life? Has molecular biology given us a satisfactory answer to this question? And if not, why, and how to carry on from there? This book examines life not from the reductionist point of view, but rather asks the question: what are the universal properties of living systems and how can one con...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Kaneko, Kunihiko (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2006.
Edition:1st ed. 2006.
Series:Understanding Complex Systems,
Subjects:
Biophysics.
System theory.
Artificial intelligence.
Mathematics.
Mathematical physics.
Complex Systems.
Artificial Intelligence.
Applications of Mathematics.
Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics.
Online Access:Texto Completo
Table of Contents:
  • How Should Living Systems Be Studied?
  • Constructive Biology
  • Basic Concepts in Dynamical Systems and Statistical Physics for Biological System
  • Origin of Bioinformation
  • Origin of a Cell with Recursive Growth
  • Universal Statistics of a Cell with Recursive Growth
  • Cell Differentiation and Development
  • Irreversible Differentiation from Stem Cell and Robust Development
  • Pattern Formation and Origin of Positional Information
  • Genetic Evolution with Phenotypic Fluctuations
  • Speciation as a Fixation of Phenotypic Differentiation
  • Conclusion.

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