Calculating the secrets of life : applications of the mathematical sciences in molecular biology /

• Other Authors: Lander, Eric S. (επιμελητής.), Waterman, Michael S. (επιμελητής.)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1995.
• Subjects: Γενετική > Μαθηματικά μοντέλα; Γενετική > Στατιστικές μέθοδοι; Μοριακή βιολογία > Μαθηματικά μοντέλα; Μοριακή βιολογία > Στατιστικές μέθοδοι; Ηλεκτρονικά βιβλία

Table of Contents:

• The secrets of life : a mathematician's introduction to molecular biology / Eric S. Lander and Michael S. Waterman
• Mapping heredity : using probabilistic models and algorithms to map genes and genomes / Eric S. Lander
• Seeing conserved signals : using algorithms to detect similarities between biosequences / Eugene W. Myers
• Hearing distant echoes : using extremal statistics to probe evolutionary origins / Michael S. Waterman
• Calibrating the clock : using stochastic processes to measure the rate of evolution / Simon Tavare
• Winding the double helix : using geometry, topology, and mechanics of DNA / James H. White
• Unwinding the double helix : using differential mechanics to probe conformational changes in DNA / Craig J. Benham
• Lifting the curtain : using topology to probe the hidden action of enzymes / DeWitt Sumners
• Folding the sheets : using computational methods to predict the structure of proteins / Fred E. Cohen.