Author: Sergey Gavrilets Publisher: Princeton University Press ISBN: 0691187053 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 497
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The origin of species has fascinated both biologists and the general public since the publication of Darwin's Origin of Species in 1859. Significant progress in understanding the process was achieved in the "modern synthesis," when Theodosius Dobzhansky, Ernst Mayr, and others reconciled Mendelian genetics with Darwin's natural selection. Although evolutionary biologists have developed significant new theory and data about speciation in the years since the modern synthesis, this book represents the first systematic attempt to summarize and generalize what mathematical models tell us about the dynamics of speciation. Fitness Landscapes and the Origin of Species presents both an overview of the forty years of previous theoretical research and the author's new results. Sergey Gavrilets uses a unified framework based on the notion of fitness landscapes introduced by Sewall Wright in 1932, generalizing this notion to explore the consequences of the huge dimensionality of fitness landscapes that correspond to biological systems. In contrast to previous theoretical work, which was based largely on numerical simulations, Gavrilets develops simple mathematical models that allow for analytical investigation and clear interpretation in biological terms. Covering controversial topics, including sympatric speciation and the effects of sexual conflict on speciation, this book builds for the first time a general, quantitative theory for the origin of species.
Author: Sergey Gavrilets Publisher: ISBN: 9780691117584 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 476
Book Description
The origin of species has fascinated both biologists and the general public since the publication of Darwin's Origin of Species in 1859. Significant progress in understanding the process was achieved in the "modern synthesis," when Theodosius Dobzhansky, Ernst Mayr, and others reconciled Mendelian genetics with Darwin's natural selection. Although evolutionary biologists have developed significant new theory and data about speciation in the years since the modern synthesis, this book represents the first systematic attempt to summarize and generalize what mathematical models tell us about the dynamics of speciation. Fitness Landscapes and the Origin of Species presents both an overview of the forty years of previous theoretical research and the author's new results. Sergey Gavrilets uses a unified framework based on the notion of fitness landscapes introduced by Sewall Wright in 1932, generalizing this notion to explore the consequences of the huge dimensionality of fitness landscapes that correspond to biological systems. In contrast to previous theoretical work, which was based largely on numerical simulations, Gavrilets develops simple mathematical models that allow for analytical investigation and clear interpretation in biological terms. Covering controversial topics, including sympatric speciation and the effects of sexual conflict on speciation, this book builds for the first time a general, quantitative theory for the origin of species.
Author: Chaomei Chen Publisher: John Wiley & Sons ISBN: 1118594207 Category : Mathematics Languages : en Pages : 288
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Theories and practices to assess critical information in acomplex adaptive system Organized for readers to follow along easily, The Fitness ofInformation: Quantitative Assessments of Critical Evidenceprovides a structured outline of the key challenges in assessingcrucial information in a complex adaptive system. Illustrating avariety of computational and explanatory challenges, the bookdemonstrates principles and practical implications of exploring andassessing the fitness of information in an extensible framework ofadaptive landscapes. The book’s first three chapters introduce fundamentalprinciples and practical examples in connection to the nature ofaesthetics, mental models, and the subjectivity of evidence. Inparticular, the underlying question is how these issues can beaddressed quantitatively, not only computationally but alsoexplanatorily. The next chapter illustrates how one can reduce thelevel of complexity in understanding the structure and dynamics ofscientific knowledge through the design and use of the CiteSpacesystem for visualizing and analyzing emerging trends in scientificliterature. The following two chapters explain the concepts ofstructural variation and the fitness of information in a frameworkthat builds on the idea of fitness landscape originally introducedto study population evolution. The final chapter presents adual-map overlay technique and demonstrates how it supports avariety of analytic tasks for a new type of portfolioanalysis. The Fitness of Information: Quantitative Assessments of CriticalEvidence also features: In-depth case studies and examples that characterizefar-reaching concepts, illustrate underlying principles, anddemonstrate profound challenges and complexities at various levelsof analytic reasoning Wide-ranging topics that underline the common theme, from thesubjectivity of evidence in criminal trials to detecting earlysigns of critical transitions and mechanisms behind radicalpatents An extensible and unifying framework for visual analytics bytransforming analytic reasoning tasks to the assessment of criticalevidence The Fitness of Information: Quantitative Assessments of CriticalEvidence is a suitable reference for researchers, analysts, andpractitioners who are interested in analyzing evidence and makingdecisions with incomplete, uncertain, and even conflictinginformation. The book is also an excellent textbook forupper-undergraduate and graduate-level courses on visual analytics,information visualization, and business analytics and decisionsupport systems.
Author: Dmitry Balandin Publisher: Springer Nature ISBN: 3031241452 Category : Computers Languages : en Pages : 319
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This book constitutes selected and revised papers from the 22nd International Conference on Mathematical Modeling and Supercomputer Technologies, MMST 2022, held in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, in November 2022. The 20 full papers and 5 short papers presented in the volume were thoroughly reviewed and selected from the 48 submissions. They are organized in topical secions on computational methods for mathematical models analysis; computation in optimization and optimal control; supercomputer simulation.
Author: Vadim Zverovich Publisher: Oxford University Press ISBN: 0192598813 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 400
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Modern Applications of Graph Theory discusses many cutting-edge applications of graph theory, such as traffic networks, navigable networks and optimal routing for emergency response, placement of electric vehicle charging stations, and graph-theoretic methods in molecular epidemiology. Due to the rapid growth of research in this field, the focus of the book is on the up-to-date development of these applications and the mathematical methods used to tackle them. Ideal for researchers, engineers, transport planners and emergency response specialists who are interested in graph theory applications, Modern Applications of Graph Theory can also be used as teaching material. In addition to up-to-date descriptions of the applications, it includes extensive exercises and their solutions, mimicking practical, real-life situations. Furthermore, there is an introductory chapter, which provides an overview of basic applications and algorithms of graph theory. The book includes over 120 illustrations and tables.
Author: Adam P Sharples Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1351617001 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 549
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Fully revised and expanded, the second edition of Molecular Exercise Physiology offers a student-friendly introduction. It introduces a history documenting the emergence of molecular biology techniques to investigate exercise physiology, the methodology used, exercise genetics and epigenetics, and the molecular mechanisms that lead to adaptation after different types of exercise, with explicit links to outcomes in sport performance, nutrition, physical activity and clinical exercise. Structured around key topics in sport and exercise science and featuring contributions from pioneering scientists, such as Nobel Prize winners, this edition includes new chapters based on cutting-edge research in epigenetics and muscle memory, satellite cells, exercise in cancer, at altitude, and in hot and cold climates. Chapters include learning objectives, structured guides to further reading, review questions, overviews of work by key researchers and box discussions from important pioneers in the field, making it a complete resource for any molecular exercise physiology course. The book includes cell and molecular biology laboratory methods for dissertation and research projects in molecular exercise physiology and muscle physiology. This book is essential reading for upper-level undergraduate or postgraduate courses in cellular and molecular exercise physiology and muscle physiology. It is a valuable resource for any student with an advanced interest in exercise physiology in both sport performance and clinical settings.
Author: Aaron M. Ellison Publisher: MDPI ISBN: 3039213091 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 274
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This book is a printed edition of the Special Issue Causes and Consequences of Species Diversity in Forest Ecosystems that was published in Forests
Author: Bruce Walsh Publisher: Oxford University Press ISBN: 0192566644 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 1504
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Quantitative traits-be they morphological or physiological characters, aspects of behavior, or genome-level features such as the amount of RNA or protein expression for a specific gene-usually show considerable variation within and among populations. Quantitative genetics, also referred to as the genetics of complex traits, is the study of such characters and is based on mathematical models of evolution in which many genes influence the trait and in which non-genetic factors may also be important. Evolution and Selection of Quantitative Traits presents a holistic treatment of the subject, showing the interplay between theory and data with extensive discussions on statistical issues relating to the estimation of the biologically relevant parameters for these models. Quantitative genetics is viewed as the bridge between complex mathematical models of trait evolution and real-world data, and the authors have clearly framed their treatment as such. This is the second volume in a planned trilogy that summarizes the modern field of quantitative genetics, informed by empirical observations from wide-ranging fields (agriculture, evolution, ecology, and human biology) as well as population genetics, statistical theory, mathematical modeling, genetics, and genomics. Whilst volume 1 (1998) dealt with the genetics of such traits, the main focus of volume 2 is on their evolution, with a special emphasis on detecting selection (ranging from the use of genomic and historical data through to ecological field data) and examining its consequences.
Author: Sergey Gavrilets
Author: Sergey Gavrilets
Author: Chaomei Chen
Author: Dmitry Balandin
Author: Vadim Zverovich
Author: David L. Jameson
Author: Maria Anisimova
Author: Adam P Sharples
Author: Aaron M. Ellison
Author: Bruce Walsh