Life: An Introduction to Complex Systems Biology

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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Autore principale: Kaneko, Kunihiko
Natura: Livre numérique
Lingua:Anglais
Pubblicazione: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer [20..].
Cham : Springer Nature
Serie:Understanding Complex Systems
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Variante du titre:This title is included in the Springer Complexity programme
Edition sous un autre format:• Life: An Introduction to Complex Systems Biology, Texte imprimé, 9783540326663
Sommario:
  • 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