Calculating the Secrets of Life

by Lander, Eric S.; Waterman, Michael S.

• ISBN13: 9780309048866
• ISBN10: 0309048869
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1995-04-01
• Publisher: Natl Academy Pr
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Table of Contents

The Secrets of Life: A Mathematician's Introduction to Molecular Biology	p. 1
Mapping Heredity: Using Probabilistic Models and Algorithms to Map Genes and Genomes	p. 25
Seeing Conserved Signals: Using Algorithms to Detect Similarities Between Biosequences	p. 56
Hearing Distant Echoes: Using Extremal Statistics to Probe Evolutionary Origins	p. 90
Calibrating the Clock: Using Stochastic Processes to Measure the Rate of Evolution	p. 114
Winding the Double Helix: Using Geometry, Topology, and Mechanics of DNA	p. 153
Unwinding the Double Helix: Using Differential Mechanics to Probe Conformational Changes in DNA	p. 179
Lifting the Curtain: Using Topology to Probe the Hidden Action of Enzymes	p. 202
Folding the Sheets: Using Computational Methods to Predict the Structure of Proteins	p. 236
Appendix: Chapter Authors	p. 272
Index	p. 277
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