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Author Kauffman, Stuart A.

Title The origins of order : self-organization and selection in evolution / Stuart A. Kauffman.

Publication Info. New York : Oxford University Press, 1993.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  577 K21O    Check Shelf
Description xviii, 709 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 647-694) and index.
Contents Conceptual outline of current evolutionary theory -- The structure of rugged fitness landscapes -- The structure of adaptive landscapes underlying protein evolution -- Self-organization and adaptation in complex systems -- The dynamics of coevolving systems -- The origins of life : a new view -- The origin of a connected metabolism -- Hypercycles and coding -- Random grammars : models of functional integration and transformation -- The architecture of genetic regulatory circuits and its evolution -- Differentiation : the dynamical behaviors of genetic regularity networks -- Selection for cell types -- Morphology, maps, and the spatial ordering of integrated tissues.
Subject Life -- Origin.
Self-organizing systems.
Molecular evolution.
Evolution -- Philosophy.
Indexed Term Life Origins
ISBN 0195058119
9780195058116
0195079515 paperback
9780195079517 paperback
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