Kauffman, Stuart A.
The origins of order : self-organization and selection in evolution / Stuart A. Kauffman. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1993. - xviii, 709 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 647-694) and index.
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. Hypercycles 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.
0195079515 (pbk.) 9780195079517 (pbk.)
Life--Origin.
Self-organizing systems.
Molecular evolution.
Evolution--Philosophy.
576.83 / KAU
The origins of order : self-organization and selection in evolution / Stuart A. Kauffman. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1993. - xviii, 709 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 647-694) and index.
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. Hypercycles 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.
0195079515 (pbk.) 9780195079517 (pbk.)
Life--Origin.
Self-organizing systems.
Molecular evolution.
Evolution--Philosophy.
576.83 / KAU