Calculating the secrets of life applications of the mathematical sciences in molecular biology Life Eric S. Lander and Michael S. Waterman, editors. - Washington, D.C. National Academy Press 1995. - xii, 285 p. ill. 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The secrets of life : a mathematician's introduction to molecular biology / Eric S. Lander and Michael S. Waterman -- Mapping heredity : using probabilistic models and algorithms to map genes and genomes / Eric S. Lander -- Seeing conserved signals : using algorithms to detect similarities between biosequences / Eugene W. Myers -- Hearing distant echoes : using extremal statistics to probe evolutionary origins / Michael S. Waterman -- Calibrating the clock : using stochastic processes to measure the rate of evolution / Simon Tavaré -- Winding the double helix : using geometry, topology, and mechanics of DNA / James H. White -- Unwinding the double helix : using differential mechanics to probe conformational changes in DNA / Craig J. Benham -- Lifting the curtain : using topology to probe the hidden action of enzymes / DeWitt Sumners -- Folding the sheets : using computational methods to predict the structure of proteins / Fred E. Cohen.

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Genetics--Mathematical models.
Molecular biology
Statistics--Methods.
Models, Theoretical.
Genetics
Molecular biology--Statistical methods.
Molecular biology--Mathematical models.
Genetics--Statistical methods.

QH438.4.M3 / C35 1995

574.8/8/0151

QH438.4.M3C35 / 1995

1995 E-470 QH 438.4.M3 / C144 1995