Mathematical Grammar of Biology /
This seminal, multidisciplinary book shows how mathematics can be used to study the first principles of DNA. Most importantly, it enriches the so-called Chargaff s grammar of biology by providing the conceptual theoretical framework necessary to generalize Chargaff s rules. Starting with a simple ex...
Saved in:
Main Authors: | |
---|---|
Corporate Authors: | |
Published: |
Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
|
Publisher Address: | Cham : |
Publication Dates: | 2017. |
Literature type: | eBook |
Language: | English |
Series: |
SpringerBriefs in Mathematics,
|
Subjects: | |
Online Access: |
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62689-5 |
Summary: |
This seminal, multidisciplinary book shows how mathematics can be used to study the first principles of DNA. Most importantly, it enriches the so-called Chargaff s grammar of biology by providing the conceptual theoretical framework necessary to generalize Chargaff s rules. Starting with a simple example of DNA mathematical modeling where human nucleotide frequencies are associated to the Fibonacci sequence and the Golden Ratio through an optimization problem, its breakthrough is showing that the reverse, complement and reverse-complement operators defined over oligonucleotides induce a natu |
Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (XII, 82 pages): illustrations. |
ISBN: | 9783319626895 |
Index Number: | QH323 |
CLC: | Q-332 |
Contents: | Chapter 01- Introduction -- Chapter 02- Modeling Human Nucleotide Frequencies -- Chapter 03- Expanding the Grammar of Biology -- Chapter 04 - "In God We Trust; All Others, Bring Data."- References. |