Biological Evolution and Statistical Physics

Bridges the gap between advanced textbook material and the research literature.

From the contents: Statistical Significance and Extremal Ensemble of Gapped Local Hybrid Alignment.- On the Design of Optimization Critera for Multiple Sequence Alignment.- Red Queen Dynamics and the Evolution of Translational Redundancy.- A Testable Genotype-Phenotype Map: Modeling Evolution of RNA Molecules.- Evolutionary Perspectives on Protein Structure, Stability, and Functionality.- The Statistical Approach to Molecular Phylogeny: Evidence for a Nonhyperthermophilic Common Ancestor.- Principles of Cophylogenetic Maps.- Accounting for Phylogenetic Uncertainty in Comparative Studies of Evolution and Adaptation.- The "Shape" of Phylogenies Under Simple Random Speciation Models.- Fitness Landscapes.- Tempo and Mode in Quasispecies Evolution.- Multilevel Processes in Evolution and Development.- Evolutionary Strategies for Solving Optimazation Problems.- Review of Biological Ageing on the Computer.- Spatio-Temporal Modes of Speciation.