Research Catalog

Title

Calculating the secrets of life : applications of the mathematical sciences in molecular biology / Eric S. Lander and Michael S. Waterman, editors.

Publication

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1995.

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Additional Authors

• Lander, Eric S.
• Waterman, Michael S.

Description

xii, 285 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Alternative Title

Life

Subject

• Genetics > Mathematical models
• Genetics > Statistical methods
• Molecular biology > Mathematical models
• Molecular biology > Statistical methods
• Genetics
• Models, Theoretical
• Statistics as Topic > methods
• Molecular Biology

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. The Secrets of Life: A Mathematician's Introduction to Molecular Biology / Eric S. Lander and Michael S. Waterman -- 2. Mapping Heredity: Using Probabilistic Models and Algorithms to Map Genes and Genomes / Eric S. Lander -- 3. Seeing Conserved Signals: Using Algorithms to Detect Similarities Between Biosequences / Eugene W. Myers -- 4. Hearing Distant Echoes: Using Extremal Statistics to Probe Evolutionary Origins / Michael S. Waterman -- 5. Calibrating the Clock: Using Stochastic Processes to Measure the Rate of Evolution / Simon Tavare -- 6. Winding the Double Helix: Using Geometry, Topology, and Mechanics of DNA / James H. White -- 7. Unwinding the Double Helix: Using Differential Mechanics to Probe Conformational Changes in DNA / Craig J. Benham -- 8. Lifting the Curtain: Using Topology to Probe the Hidden Action of Enzymes / DeWitt Sumners -- 9. Folding the Sheets: Using Computational Methods to Predict the Structure of Proteins / Fred E. Cohen.

ISBN

0309048869

LCCN

94037628

OCLC

ocm31289490

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries