Life: An Introduction to Complex Systems Biology

• Main Author: Kaneko, Kunihiko (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2006.
• Series: Understanding Complex Systems,
• Subjects: Physics.; Artificial intelligence.; Applied mathematics.; Engineering mathematics.; Biophysics.; Biological physics.; Statistical physics.; Dynamical systems.; Biophysics and Biological Physics.; Statistical Physics, Dynamical Systems and Complexity.; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics).; Applications of Mathematics.

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...

Table of Contents:

• 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.