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Evolutionary Bioinformatics

  • This book identifies the types of information that genomes transmit and it shows how competition between different types is resolved in the genomes of different organisms
  • The book is unique in emphasising non-genic aspects of bioinformatics
  • Forms of information that we are familiar with are related to forms we are less familiar with
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxii
  2. Information and DNA

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
  3. Information and DNA

    1. Memory – A Phenomenon of Arrangement

      • Donald R. Forsdyke
      Pages 3-26
    2. Chargaff’s First Parity Rule

      • Donald R. Forsdyke
      Pages 27-45
    3. Information Levels and Barriers

      • Donald R. Forsdyke
      Pages 47-66
  4. Parity and Non-Parity

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 67-67
  5. Parity and Non-Parity

    1. Chargaff’s Second Parity Rule

      • Donald R. Forsdyke
      Pages 69-90
    2. Stems and Loops

      • Donald R. Forsdyke
      Pages 91-109
    3. Chargaff’s Cluster Rule

      • Donald R. Forsdyke
      Pages 111-127
  6. Variation and Speciation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 129-129
  7. Variation and Speciation

    1. Mutation

      • Donald R. Forsdyke
      Pages 131-151
    2. Species Survival and Arrival

      • Donald R. Forsdyke
      Pages 153-169
    3. The Weak Point

      • Donald R. Forsdyke
      Pages 171-188
    4. Chargaff’s GC rule

      • Donald R. Forsdyke
      Pages 189-204
    5. Homostability

      • Donald R. Forsdyke
      Pages 205-218
  8. Conflict within Genomes

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 219-219
  9. Conflict within Genomes

    1. Conflict Resolution

      • Donald R. Forsdyke
      Pages 221-247
    2. Exons and Introns

      • Donald R. Forsdyke
      Pages 249-266
    3. Complexity

      • Donald R. Forsdyke
      Pages 267-291
  10. Conflict between Genomes

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 293-293

About this book

Books on bioinformatics which began appearing in the mid 80s primarily served gene-hunters, and biologists who wished to construct family trees showing tidy lines of descent. Given the great pharmaceutical industry interest in genes, this trend has continued in most subsequent texts. These deal extensively with the exciting topic of gene discovery and searching databases, but hardly consider genomes as information channels through which multiple forms and levels of information, including genic information, have passed through the generations.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Dept. Biochemistry, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada

    Donald R. Forsdyke

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Softcover Book USD 229.99
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