Fundamentals of Evolutionary Biology
eBook - ePub

Fundamentals of Evolutionary Biology

An Introductory Guide for Physical Scientists, Engineers, and Biologists

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eBook - ePub

Fundamentals of Evolutionary Biology

An Introductory Guide for Physical Scientists, Engineers, and Biologists

About this book

Evolution is a stochastic process, and given the amount of data generated in biological sciences today, there is a pressing need for people with a quantitative background to understand and contribute toward the understanding of evolution, leading to better interaction between stakeholders. This book equips engineers and physical scientists to make biologically relevant quantitative representations of evolutionary processes. The concepts of evolution are introduced via semi-quantitative treatment with graphical illustrations and explain how evolution experiments are conducted in a laboratory.

Features:
• Discusses background, concepts of evolutionary biology, and experimental evolution.
• Helps readers develop a geometric view of evolutionary processes.
• Covers both biological and mathematical foundations in equal measure.
• Illustrates coding exercises supported by pertinent MATLAB codes for the provided problems.
• Includes homework problems and a solutions manual.

This book is aimed at senior undergraduate and graduate students in engineering and physical sciences.

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Information

Publisher
CRC Press
Year
2025
eBook ISBN
9781040450970
Topic
Technology & Engineering
Index
Technology & Engineering

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Half Title page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Contents
  6. About the Author
  7. Preface
  8. Acknowledgments
  9. Chapter 1 The Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection
  10. Chapter 2 Primer on Central Dogma of Molecular Biology
  11. Chapter 3 Model Organism to Study Evolution
  12. Chapter 4 Growth Models
  13. Chapter 5 Type of Mutations and Selection Coefficients
  14. Chapter 6 Fitness Landscapes
  15. Chapter 7 Epistasis
  16. Chapter 8 Drift
  17. Chapter 9 Clonal Interference
  18. Chapter 10 Distribution of Fitness Effects (DFE)
  19. Chapter 11 The Idea of ‘Molecular Clock’ and Neutral Theory of Molecular Evolution
  20. Chapter 12 How to Do Evolution Experiments in Lab?
  21. Chapter 13 Lessons from Evolution Experiments: The Long-Term Evolution Experiment (LTEE)
  22. Chapter 14 Lessons from Evolution Experiments
  23. Chapter 15 Empirical Fitness Landscapes
  24. Chapter 16 What Have We Not Discussed?
  25. Index

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