The origins of order : self organization and selection in evolution /

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Author / Creator:Kauffman, Stuart A.
Imprint:New York : Oxford University Press, 1993.
Description:xviii, 709 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1500808
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ISBN:0195058119
0195079515 (pbk.)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 647-694) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Conceptual Outline of Current Evolutionary Theory
  • Part I. Adaptation on the Edge of Chaos
  • 2. The Structure of Rugged Fitness Landscapes
  • 3. Biological Implications of Rugged Fitness Landscapes
  • 4. The Structure of Adaptive Landscapes Underlying Protein Evolution
  • 5. Self Organization and Adaptation in Complex Systems
  • 6. Coevolving Complex Systems
  • Part II. The Crystallization of Life
  • 7. The Origins of Life: A New View
  • 8. The Origin of a Connected Metabolism
  • 9. Autocatalytic Polynucleotide Systems: Hypercycles, Spin Glasses and Coding
  • 10. Random Grammars
  • Part III. Order and Ontogeny
  • 11. The Architecture of Genetic Regulatory Circuits and Its Evolution
  • 12. Differentiation: The Dynamical Behaviors of Genetic Regulatory Networks
  • 13. Selection for Gene Expression in Cell Type
  • 14. Morphology, Maps and the Spatial Ordering of Integrated Tissues