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Titre : Critical transitions in nature and society Type de document : livre Auteurs : Scheffer, Marten Editeur : Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press Année de publication : 2009 Collection : Princeton studies in complexity Importance : 384 p. ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-691-12204-5 Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Biogeography Case studies Ecological disturbances Effect of human beings on Global environmental change Nature Social evolution Threshold logic En ligne : http://press.princeton.edu/titles/8950.html Critical transitions in nature and society [livre] / Scheffer, Marten . - Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 2009 . - 384 p.. - (Princeton studies in complexity) .
ISBN : 978-0-691-12204-5
Langues : Anglais (eng)Exemplaires (1)
Code-barres Cote Support Localisation Section Disponibilité 68773 SCH_15_68773 Livre Salle des ouvrages 15_Ecologie_générale Disponible The structure and dynamics of networks / Newman, M.E.(Ed.) ; Barabási, Albert-László (Ed.) ; Watts, Duncan J.(Ed.) (2006)
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Code-barres Cote Support Localisation Section Disponibilité 68454 NEW_11_68454 Livre Salle des ouvrages 11_Mathématiques Sorti jusqu'au 25/05/2043
Titre : Robustness and evolvability in living systems Type de document : livre Auteurs : Wagner, Andreas Editeur : Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press Année de publication : 2005 Collection : Princeton studies in complexity Importance : 367 p. ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-691-12240-3 Note générale : 2 ex. Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Biological systems Molecular evolution Mutation Robust control Stability Résumé : All living things are remarkably complex, yet their DNA is unstable, undergoing countless random mutations over generations. Despite this instability, most animals do not grow two heads or die, plants continue to thrive, and bacteria continue to divide. Robustness and Evolvability in Living Systems tackles this perplexing paradox. The book explores why genetic changes do not cause organisms to fail catastrophically and how evolution shapes organisms' robustness. Andreas Wagner looks at this problem from the ground up, starting with the alphabet of DNA, the genetic code, RNA, and protein molecules, moving on to genetic networks and embryonic development, and working his way up to whole organisms. He then develops an evolutionary explanation for robustness. Wagner shows how evolution by natural selection preferentially finds and favors robust solutions to the problems organisms face in surviving and reproducing. Such robustness, he argues, also enhances the potential for future evolutionary innovation. Wagner also argues that robustness has less to do with organisms having plenty of spare parts (the redundancy theory that has been popular) and more to do with the reality that mutations can change organisms in ways that do not substantively affect their fitness. Unparalleled in its field, this book offers the most detailed analysis available of all facets of robustness within organisms. It will appeal not only to biologists but also to engineers interested in the design of robust systems and to social scientists concerned with robustness in human communities and populations. [Résumé éditeur] En ligne : http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0654/2004054936-t.html Robustness and evolvability in living systems [livre] / Wagner, Andreas . - Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 2005 . - 367 p.. - (Princeton studies in complexity) .
ISBN : 978-0-691-12240-3
2 ex.
Langues : Anglais (eng)
Mots-clés : Biological systems Molecular evolution Mutation Robust control Stability Résumé : All living things are remarkably complex, yet their DNA is unstable, undergoing countless random mutations over generations. Despite this instability, most animals do not grow two heads or die, plants continue to thrive, and bacteria continue to divide. Robustness and Evolvability in Living Systems tackles this perplexing paradox. The book explores why genetic changes do not cause organisms to fail catastrophically and how evolution shapes organisms' robustness. Andreas Wagner looks at this problem from the ground up, starting with the alphabet of DNA, the genetic code, RNA, and protein molecules, moving on to genetic networks and embryonic development, and working his way up to whole organisms. He then develops an evolutionary explanation for robustness. Wagner shows how evolution by natural selection preferentially finds and favors robust solutions to the problems organisms face in surviving and reproducing. Such robustness, he argues, also enhances the potential for future evolutionary innovation. Wagner also argues that robustness has less to do with organisms having plenty of spare parts (the redundancy theory that has been popular) and more to do with the reality that mutations can change organisms in ways that do not substantively affect their fitness. Unparalleled in its field, this book offers the most detailed analysis available of all facets of robustness within organisms. It will appeal not only to biologists but also to engineers interested in the design of robust systems and to social scientists concerned with robustness in human communities and populations. [Résumé éditeur] En ligne : http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0654/2004054936-t.html Exemplaires (2)
Code-barres Cote Support Localisation Section Disponibilité 67553 WAG_09_67553 Livre Salle des ouvrages 09_Génétique_Evolution Disponible 68263 WAG_09_68263 Livre Salle des ouvrages 09_Génétique_Evolution Sorti jusqu'au 25/05/2043
Titre : Robustness and evolvability in living systems Type de document : livre Auteurs : Wagner, Andreas Editeur : Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press Année de publication : 2005 Collection : Princeton studies in complexity Importance : 367 p. ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-691-13404-8 Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Biological systems Genomic Instability Molecular evolution Mutation (Biology) Robust control Stability Résumé : All living things are remarkably complex, yet their DNA is unstable, undergoing countless random mutations over generations. Despite this instability, most animals do not grow two heads or die, plants continue to thrive, and bacteria continue to divide. Robustness and Evolvability in Living Systems tackles this perplexing paradox. The book explores why genetic changes do not cause organisms to fail catastrophically and how evolution shapes organisms' robustness. Andreas Wagner looks at this problem from the ground up, starting with the alphabet of DNA, the genetic code, RNA, and protein molecules, moving on to genetic networks and embryonic development, and working his way up to whole organisms. He then develops an evolutionary explanation for robustness. Wagner shows how evolution by natural selection preferentially finds and favors robust solutions to the problems organisms face in surviving and reproducing. Such robustness, he argues, also enhances the potential for future evolutionary innovation. Wagner also argues that robustness has less to do with organisms having plenty of spare parts (the redundancy theory that has been popular) and more to do with the reality that mutations can change organisms in ways that do not substantively affect their fitness. Unparalleled in its field, this book offers the most detailed analysis available of all facets of robustness within organisms. It will appeal not only to biologists but also to engineers interested in the design of robust systems and to social scientists concerned with robustness in human communities and populations. En ligne : http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0654/2004054936-d.html Robustness and evolvability in living systems [livre] / Wagner, Andreas . - Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 2005 . - 367 p.. - (Princeton studies in complexity) .
ISBN : 978-0-691-13404-8
Langues : Anglais (eng)
Mots-clés : Biological systems Genomic Instability Molecular evolution Mutation (Biology) Robust control Stability Résumé : All living things are remarkably complex, yet their DNA is unstable, undergoing countless random mutations over generations. Despite this instability, most animals do not grow two heads or die, plants continue to thrive, and bacteria continue to divide. Robustness and Evolvability in Living Systems tackles this perplexing paradox. The book explores why genetic changes do not cause organisms to fail catastrophically and how evolution shapes organisms' robustness. Andreas Wagner looks at this problem from the ground up, starting with the alphabet of DNA, the genetic code, RNA, and protein molecules, moving on to genetic networks and embryonic development, and working his way up to whole organisms. He then develops an evolutionary explanation for robustness. Wagner shows how evolution by natural selection preferentially finds and favors robust solutions to the problems organisms face in surviving and reproducing. Such robustness, he argues, also enhances the potential for future evolutionary innovation. Wagner also argues that robustness has less to do with organisms having plenty of spare parts (the redundancy theory that has been popular) and more to do with the reality that mutations can change organisms in ways that do not substantively affect their fitness. Unparalleled in its field, this book offers the most detailed analysis available of all facets of robustness within organisms. It will appeal not only to biologists but also to engineers interested in the design of robust systems and to social scientists concerned with robustness in human communities and populations. En ligne : http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0654/2004054936-d.html Exemplaires (1)
Code-barres Cote Support Localisation Section Disponibilité 68458 WAG_09_68458 Livre Salle des ouvrages 09_Génétique_Evolution Sorti jusqu'au 25/05/2043
Titre : Self-organization in biological systems Type de document : livre Auteurs : Camazine, S. ; Deneubourg, J.-L. ; Franks, N.R. ; Sneyd, J. ; Theraulaz, G. ; Bonabeau, E. Editeur : Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press Année de publication : 2001 Collection : Princeton studies in complexity Importance : 538 p. ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-691-11624-2 Note générale : Inventaire 2008: Pointé en rayon le 10/04/2008 Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Biological systems Self regulatory organizations Résumé : The synchronized flashing of fireflies at night. The spiraling patterns of an aggregating slime mold. The anastomosing network of army-ant trails. The coordinated movements of a school of fish. Researchers are finding in such patterns--phenomena that have fascinated naturalists for centuries--a fertile new approach to understanding biological systems: the study of self-organization. This book, a primer on self-organization in biological systems for students and other enthusiasts, introduces readers to the basic concepts and tools for studying self-organization and then examines numerous examples of self-organization in the natural world. Self-organization refers to diverse pattern formation processes in the physical and biological world, from sand grains assembling into rippled dunes to cells combining to create highly structured tissues to individual insects working to create sophisticated societies. What these diverse systems hold in common is the proximate means by which they acquire order and structure. In self-organizing systems, pattern at the global level emerges solely from interactions among lower-level components. Remarkably, even very complex structures result from the iteration of surprisingly simple behaviors performed by individuals relying on only local information. This striking conclusion suggests important lines of inquiry: To what degree is environmental rather than individual complexity responsible for group complexity? To what extent have widely differing organisms adopted similar, convergent strategies of pattern formation? How, specifically, has natural selection determined the rules governing interactions within biological systems? Broad in scope, thorough yet accessible, this book is a self-contained introduction to self-organization and complexity in biology--a field of study at the forefront of life sciences research. [Résumé éditeur] Note de contenu : Pbk; Self-organization in biological systems [livre] / Camazine, S. ; Deneubourg, J.-L. ; Franks, N.R. ; Sneyd, J. ; Theraulaz, G. ; Bonabeau, E. . - Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 2001 . - 538 p.. - (Princeton studies in complexity) .
ISBN : 978-0-691-11624-2
Inventaire 2008: Pointé en rayon le 10/04/2008
Langues : Anglais (eng)
Mots-clés : Biological systems Self regulatory organizations Résumé : The synchronized flashing of fireflies at night. The spiraling patterns of an aggregating slime mold. The anastomosing network of army-ant trails. The coordinated movements of a school of fish. Researchers are finding in such patterns--phenomena that have fascinated naturalists for centuries--a fertile new approach to understanding biological systems: the study of self-organization. This book, a primer on self-organization in biological systems for students and other enthusiasts, introduces readers to the basic concepts and tools for studying self-organization and then examines numerous examples of self-organization in the natural world. Self-organization refers to diverse pattern formation processes in the physical and biological world, from sand grains assembling into rippled dunes to cells combining to create highly structured tissues to individual insects working to create sophisticated societies. What these diverse systems hold in common is the proximate means by which they acquire order and structure. In self-organizing systems, pattern at the global level emerges solely from interactions among lower-level components. Remarkably, even very complex structures result from the iteration of surprisingly simple behaviors performed by individuals relying on only local information. This striking conclusion suggests important lines of inquiry: To what degree is environmental rather than individual complexity responsible for group complexity? To what extent have widely differing organisms adopted similar, convergent strategies of pattern formation? How, specifically, has natural selection determined the rules governing interactions within biological systems? Broad in scope, thorough yet accessible, this book is a self-contained introduction to self-organization and complexity in biology--a field of study at the forefront of life sciences research. [Résumé éditeur] Note de contenu : Pbk; Exemplaires (1)
Code-barres Cote Support Localisation Section Disponibilité 68242 Cam_4_68242 Livre Salle des ouvrages 04_Ecologie_animale Disponible
