Jay E. Mittenthal, Arthur B. Baskin

Principles Of Organization In Organisms

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book is an outcome of the workshop on "principles of organization in organisms" held in Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1990. It addresses generic biological problems in relatively specific contexts and considers principles of organization that may characterize complex adaptive systems in general.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 472
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 1992
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 678g
• ISBN-13: 9780201587890
• ISBN-10: 0201587890
• Artikelnr.: 21905876

Autorenporträt

Jay E. Mittenthal

Inhaltsangabe

General Introduction
Physiology
Introduction
The Flexible Dynamics of Biological Coordination: Living in the Niche Between Order and Disorder /C. G. DeGuzman and f. A. S. Kelso
Biological Organization and Adaptation: Fractal Structure and Scaling Similarities /T. 1?. Nelson
Cornmentary
Physiology and Development
Introduction
Constancy and Variation in Developmental Mechanisms: An Example from Comparative Embryology /J. A. Bolker
Heterochrony in Hydractiniid Hydroids: A Hypothesis /N. . Blacksione
Adaptive Mechanisms that Accelerate Embryonic Develop
ment in Drosophila /T. L. Karr and J. E. Mittenilial
General Principles ot Organization
Introduction
The Sciences of Complexity and "On ns of Order" /S. A. Kauffman
Patterns of Structure and Their Evolution in the Organizae tion of Organisms: Modules, Matching, and Compaction
J. E. Mittenthal, A. B. Baskin, and K E. Reinke
Reliability of Networks of Genes /B. Clarke and J. E. Mittenthal
Exploring the Role of Finiteness in the Emergence of Structure /A. B. Baskin, R. F. Reinke, and J. E. Mittenthal
Commentary
General Conclusions Appendix
Dynamic Pattern Formation: A Primer /J. A. S. Kelso, M. Ding, and G. Schoner
Index.