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The Mathematics of Darwin’s Legacy

By Fabio A. C. C. Chalub , José Francisco Rodrigues (auth.) , José Francisco Rodrigues (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Birkhäuser Basel
Year
2011
ISBN
3034801211, 9783034801218
DOI
10.1007/978-3-0348-0122-5
Google Books ID
59ca3vtPp94C
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
6 MB (6361916 bytes)
Series
Mathematics and Biosciences in Interaction
Edition
1
Pages
296\302
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2012-02-14 18:00:00
Mathematical and Computational Biology; Genetics a

Description

The book presents a general overview of mathematical models in the context of evolution. It covers a wide range of topics such as population genetics, population dynamics, speciation, adaptive dynamics, game theory, kin selection, and stochastic processes. Written by leading scientists working at the interface between evolutionary biology and mathematics the book is the outcome of a conference commemorating Charles Darwin's 200th birthday, and the 150th anniversary of the first publication of his book "On the origin of species". Its chapters vary in format between general introductory and state-of-the-art research texts in biomathematics, in this way addressing both students and researchers in mathematics, biology and related fields. Mathematicians looking for new problems as well as biologists looking for rigorous description of population dynamics will find this book fundamental.

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