Matthew H. Nitecki,
Antoni Hoffman
e druk, 1988
9780195050998
Neutral Models in Biology
Specificaties
Gebonden, 176 blz.
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Engels
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e druk, 1988
ISBN13: 9780195050998
Rubricering
Levertijd ongeveer 10 werkdagen
Samenvatting
This is a book for biologists about the use of models in testing biological theories. Scientists construct models to help understand complex patterns of biological form, structure or behaviour that cannot be observed directly. The neutral model is defined as the simplest explanation that requires the fewest assumptions. The eight chapters in this book, written by a distinguished group of scientists, describe the principles of modelling, and tell how to apply models to research in molecular biology and genetics, ecology and evolution, and paleontology.
Specificaties
ISBN13:9780195050998
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:Gebonden
Aantal pagina's:176
Inhoudsopgave
Introduction: Matthew H. Nitecki & Antoni Hoffman: Neutral models as a biological strategy; PART I: MOLECULAR AND GENETIC MODELS: James F. Crow: Neutral models in evolutionary biology - neutral models in molecular evolution; William C. Wimsatt: False models as means to truer theories; Stuart A. Kauffman: Self organization, selective adaption, and its limits - a new pattern of inference in evolution and development; PART II: ECOLOGICAL MODELS: L.B. Slobotkin: How to be objective in community studies; Paul H. Harvey: On the use of null hypotheses in biogeography; PART III: PALEONTOLOGICAL MODELS: David M. Raup: Neutral models in paleobiology; Antoni Hoffman: Neutral model of taxonomic diversification in the phanerozoic - a methodological discussion; Stephen M. Stigler: Testing hypotheses or fitting models? Another look at mass extinctions.