Buy Molecular Evolution on Rugged Landscapes by Stuart A. Kauffman
Book 1
Book 2
Book 3
Book 1
Book 2
Book 3
Book 1
Book 2
Book 3
Book 1
Book 2
Book 3
Home > Mathematics and Science Textbooks > Biology, life sciences > Zoology and animal sciences > Molecular Evolution on Rugged Landscapes: Protein, RNA, and the Immune System (Volume IX)
Molecular Evolution on Rugged Landscapes: Protein, RNA, and the Immune System (Volume IX)

Molecular Evolution on Rugged Landscapes: Protein, RNA, and the Immune System (Volume IX)


     0     
5
4
3
2
1



International Edition


X
About the Book

Rugged fitness landscapes, and emerging area of biological science, underline both molecular and morphological evolution. Mathematical descriptions of such landscapes can be expected to lead to new experimental studies that actually test and establish their structure. In addition, current experimental techniques now allow one to carry out applied molecular evolution in the laboratory, opening up the possibility of evolving biomolecules for medical and industrial use. Molecular Evolution on Rugged Fitness Landscapes, based on a Santa Fe Institute workshop, is the first book to serve as a comprehensive introduction to these tools that permit researchers to study the structures of complex, rugged, multipeaked fitness landscapes. The first section of the book outlines a number of the general issues concerning the structure of rugged fitness landscapes. The second section examines both the history and status of experimental work on somatic mutation and the maturation of the immune response, and discusses the hypercycle model of the origin of life. This proceedings volume is an excellent reference for graduate students and professionals in immunology, population biology, physics and molecular biology.

Table of Contents:
About the Santa Fe Institute -- Santa Fe Institute Editorial Board August 1989 -- Santa Fe Institute Studies in the Sciences of Complexity -- Preface: Applied Molecular Evolution on Rugged Fitness Landscapes -- Rugged Landscapes and Evolution -- Optimization on Rugged Landscapes -- A Spin-Glass Model of Evolution -- What Can Physics Do For Biology? -- Optimization of RNA Structure and Properties -- Somatic Evolution of Antibody Variable-Region Genes & Maturation of the Immune Response -- Affinity Maturation: A Retrospective View -- Maturation through Hypermutation and Selection -- Affinity Maturation on Rugged Landscapes -- Maturation of the Humoral Immune Response: A Neo-Darwinian Process? -- The NK Model of Rugged Fitness Landscapes and Its Application to Maturation of the Immune Response -- Use of Antibodies as Molecular Mimics to Probe Intermolecular Interaction Landscapes -- Affinity Maturation and Learning in Immune Networks -- Auto-Anti-ldiotype and Antigen as Selective Factors Driving B-Cell Affinity Maturation in the Immune System -- Somatic Mutation and the Antibody Repertoire: A Computational Model of Shape Space -- Applied Molecular Evolution -- Evolution of Proteins from Random Sequences: A Model for the Protein Sequence Space and an Experimental Approach -- Studies in the Evolution of Biological Activity from Random Sequences -- The Catalytic Potential of RNA -- Origin of Life Models -- Dynamics of Autocatalytic Reaction Networks

About the Author :
Alan S. Perelson is a Staff Member of the Theoretical Biophysics Group, and an affiliate of the centre for Nonlinear Studios, University of California, Los Alamos, National labouratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico. He received his Ph.D. in Biophysics from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1972. Perelson received the N.I.H. Research Career Development Award (1979-1984) and the Bousch Lomb Medal for Excellence in Biology. His research interests are the application of mathematics to immunological, physiological, chemical, and biophysical problems. Stuart A. Kauffman is the founding director of the Institute for Biocomplexity and Informatics and a professor of biological sciences, physics, and astronomy at the University of Calgary. He is Emeritus Professor of Biochemistry at the University of Pennsylvania, a MacArthur Fellow, and an external professor at the Santa Fe Institute. His books include The Origins of Order and At Home in the Universe: The Search for the Laws of Self-Organization and Complexity. He lives in Calgary, Canada.


Best Sellers


Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780201521504
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: Westview Press Inc
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 328
  • Weight: 489 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0201521504
  • Publisher Date: 03 Jul 1991
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: Protein, RNA, and the Immune System (Volume IX)
  • Width: 152 mm


Similar Products

Add Photo
Add Photo

Customer Reviews

REVIEWS      0     
Click Here To Be The First to Review this Product
Molecular Evolution on Rugged Landscapes: Protein, RNA, and the Immune System (Volume IX)
Taylor & Francis Inc -
Molecular Evolution on Rugged Landscapes: Protein, RNA, and the Immune System (Volume IX)
Writing guidlines
We want to publish your review, so please:
  • keep your review on the product. Review's that defame author's character will be rejected.
  • Keep your review focused on the product.
  • Avoid writing about customer service. contact us instead if you have issue requiring immediate attention.
  • Refrain from mentioning competitors or the specific price you paid for the product.
  • Do not include any personally identifiable information, such as full names.

Molecular Evolution on Rugged Landscapes: Protein, RNA, and the Immune System (Volume IX)

Required fields are marked with *

Review Title*
Review
    Add Photo Add up to 6 photos
    Would you recommend this product to a friend?
    Tag this Book Read more
    Does your review contain spoilers?
    What type of reader best describes you?
    I agree to the terms & conditions
    You may receive emails regarding this submission. Any emails will include the ability to opt-out of future communications.

    CUSTOMER RATINGS AND REVIEWS AND QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS TERMS OF USE

    These Terms of Use govern your conduct associated with the Customer Ratings and Reviews and/or Questions and Answers service offered by Bookswagon (the "CRR Service").


    By submitting any content to Bookswagon, you guarantee that:
    • You are the sole author and owner of the intellectual property rights in the content;
    • All "moral rights" that you may have in such content have been voluntarily waived by you;
    • All content that you post is accurate;
    • You are at least 13 years old;
    • Use of the content you supply does not violate these Terms of Use and will not cause injury to any person or entity.
    You further agree that you may not submit any content:
    • That is known by you to be false, inaccurate or misleading;
    • That infringes any third party's copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret or other proprietary rights or rights of publicity or privacy;
    • That violates any law, statute, ordinance or regulation (including, but not limited to, those governing, consumer protection, unfair competition, anti-discrimination or false advertising);
    • That is, or may reasonably be considered to be, defamatory, libelous, hateful, racially or religiously biased or offensive, unlawfully threatening or unlawfully harassing to any individual, partnership or corporation;
    • For which you were compensated or granted any consideration by any unapproved third party;
    • That includes any information that references other websites, addresses, email addresses, contact information or phone numbers;
    • That contains any computer viruses, worms or other potentially damaging computer programs or files.
    You agree to indemnify and hold Bookswagon (and its officers, directors, agents, subsidiaries, joint ventures, employees and third-party service providers, including but not limited to Bazaarvoice, Inc.), harmless from all claims, demands, and damages (actual and consequential) of every kind and nature, known and unknown including reasonable attorneys' fees, arising out of a breach of your representations and warranties set forth above, or your violation of any law or the rights of a third party.


    For any content that you submit, you grant Bookswagon a perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, transferable right and license to use, copy, modify, delete in its entirety, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from and/or sell, transfer, and/or distribute such content and/or incorporate such content into any form, medium or technology throughout the world without compensation to you. Additionally,  Bookswagon may transfer or share any personal information that you submit with its third-party service providers, including but not limited to Bazaarvoice, Inc. in accordance with  Privacy Policy


    All content that you submit may be used at Bookswagon's sole discretion. Bookswagon reserves the right to change, condense, withhold publication, remove or delete any content on Bookswagon's website that Bookswagon deems, in its sole discretion, to violate the content guidelines or any other provision of these Terms of Use.  Bookswagon does not guarantee that you will have any recourse through Bookswagon to edit or delete any content you have submitted. Ratings and written comments are generally posted within two to four business days. However, Bookswagon reserves the right to remove or to refuse to post any submission to the extent authorized by law. You acknowledge that you, not Bookswagon, are responsible for the contents of your submission. None of the content that you submit shall be subject to any obligation of confidence on the part of Bookswagon, its agents, subsidiaries, affiliates, partners or third party service providers (including but not limited to Bazaarvoice, Inc.)and their respective directors, officers and employees.

    Accept


    Inspired by your browsing history


    Your review has been submitted!

    You've already reviewed this product!