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  title info:
    title: Mathematical Biology
    sub title: An Introduction with Maple and Matlab
  name:
    name part: Shonkwiler, Ronald W.
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: Herod, James.
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: xxu
    date issued: 2009
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: electronic resource
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: XIII, 551 p. online resource.
  abstract: This text presents mathematical biology as a field with a unity of its own, rather than only the intrusion of one science into another. It updates an earlier successful edition and greatly expands the concept of the "computer biology laboratory," giving students a general perspective of the field before proceeding to more specialized topics. The book focuses on problems of contemporary interest, such as cancer, genetics, and the rapidly growing field of genomics. It includes new chapters on parasites, cancer, and phylogenetics, along with an introduction to online resources for DNA, protein lookups, and popular pattern matching tools such as BLAST. In addition, the emerging field of algebraic statistics is introduced and its power illustrated in the context of phylogenetics. A unique feature of the book is the integration of a computer algebra system into the flow of ideas in a supporting but unobtrusive role. Syntax for both the Maple and Matlab systems is provided in a tandem format. The use of a computer algebra system gives the students the opportunity to examine "what if" scenarios, allowing them to investigate biological systems in a way never before possible. For students without access to Maple or Matlab, each topic presented is complete. Graphic visualizations are provided for all mathematical results. Mathematical Biology includes extensive exercises, problems and examples. A year of calculus with linear algebra is required to understand the material presented. The biology presented proceeds from the study of populations down to the molecular level; no previous coursework in biology is necessary. The book is appropriate for undergraduate and graduate students studying mathematics or biology and for scientists and researchers who wish to study the applications of mathematics and computers in the natural sciences.
  table of contents: Cells, Signals, Growth, and Populations -- Reproduction and the Drive for Survival -- Interactions Between Organisms and Their Environment -- Age-Dependent Population Structures -- Random Movements in Space and Time -- Neurophysiology -- The Biochemistry of Cells -- Biology, Mathematics, and a Mathematical Biology Laboratory -- Systems and Diseases -- The Biological Disposition of Drugs and Inorganic Toxins -- A Biomathematical Approach to HIV and AIDS -- Parasites and Their Diseases -- Cancer: A Disease of the DNA -- Some Mathematical Tools -- Genomics -- Genetics -- Genomics -- Phylogenetics.
  note: by Ronald W. Shonkwiler, James Herod.
  subject:
    topic: Life sciences
  subject:
    topic: Application software
  subject:
    topic: Bioinformatics
  subject:
    topic: Computational biology
  subject:
    topic: Applied mathematics
  subject:
    topic: Engineering mathematics
  subject:
    topic: Probabilities
  subject:
    topic: Biomathematics
  subject:
    topic: Life Sciences
  subject:
    topic: Life Sciences, general
  subject:
    topic: Mathematical and Computational Biology
  subject:
    topic: Computer Appl. in Life Sciences
  subject:
    topic: Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes
  subject:
    topic: Applications of Mathematics
  subject:
    topic: Computer Applications
  classification: QH301-705
  classification: 570
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    title info:
      title: Springer eBooks
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics
  identifier: 9780387709840
  identifier: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-70984-0
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    record creation date: 100715
    record change date: 20151204144549.0
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