Genetics and Randomness
1st Edition
Published on 28. July 2009
160 pages
978-1-4200-7887-9 (ISBN)
Description
Analyzes Randomness in Major Genetic Processes and EventsNo matter how far science advances, the proportion of what is knowable to what is random will remain unchanged, and attempts to ignore this critical threshold are futile at best. With the revolutionary explosion in genetic information discovery, it is crucially important to recognize the unde
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
Baton Rouge
United States
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Inc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Undergraduate and graduate students in science, university lecturers of biology and other fields of science, biological researchers, and philosophers.
Illustrations
36 s/w Abbildungen
36 b/w images
ISBN-13
978-1-4200-7887-9 (9781420078879)
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Person
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.
Content
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.
