Genetics and Randomness

ISBN-13: 9781138430105 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017

Anatoly Ruvinsky

Opis

Helps readers to understand the role of randomness in critical biological processes. This work explores the nature of genetic uncertainty from different points of view and at different levels of biological organization.

Spis treści

Limits and uncertainty in nature and logic. Quantum fluctuations, mutations, and fixation of uncertainty. Recombination and randomness. Uncertainty of development. Organized randomness. Random genetic drift and deterministic selection. Life: Making uncertainty certain.

O autorze

Anatoly Ruvinsky, Ph.D., is a Professor of Genetics at the University of New England in Australia. He has published numerous papers in leading journals and has edited several books, including a series of six books on mammalian genetics. His major research interests lie in evolutionary and developmental genetics as well as bioinformatics.