Description |
1 online resource (166 pages) : illustrations, portrait |
Contents |
Contributors; Introduction: Neutral Models as a Biological Research Strategy; I. MOLECULAR AND GENETIC MODELS; 1. Neutral Models in Molecular Evolution; 2. False Models as Means to Truer Theories; 3. Self-Organization, Selective Adaptation, and Its Limits: A New Pattern of Inference in Evolution and Development; II. ECOLOGICAL MODELS; 4. How to Be Objective in Community Studies; 5. On the Use of Null Hypotheses in Biogeography; III. PALEONTOLOGICAL MODELS; 6. Neutral Models in Paleobiology; 7. Neutral Model of Taxonomic Diversification in the Phanerozoic: A Methodological Discussion |
Summary |
This is a book for biologists about the use of models in testing biological theory. Distinguished contributors describe the principles of modelling and tell how to apply models to research in molecular biology and genetics, ecology and evolution, and palaeontology |
Analysis |
Biology Models |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
Subject |
Biological models.
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Biology -- Mathematical models.
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Models, Biological
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Biology.
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Biological models
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Biology -- Mathematical models
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Biologisches System
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Modell
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Hoffman, Antoni
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Nitecki, Matthew H
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LC no. |
86033235 |
ISBN |
1423735641 |
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9781423735649 |
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1601296703 |
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9781601296702 |
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1280440104 |
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9781280440106 |
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9786610440108 |
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6610440107 |
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0195364074 |
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9780195364071 |
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