The origins of order : self-organization and selection in evolution /

Kauffman, Stuart A.

The origins of order : self-organization and selection in evolution / Stuart A. Kauffman. - New York : Oxford University Press, 1993. - xviii, 709 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 647-694) and index.

Conceptual outline of current evolutionary theory -- The structure of rugged fitness landscapes -- The structure of adaptive landscapes underlying protein evolution -- Self-organization and adaptation in complex systems -- The dynamics of coevolving systems -- The origins of life : a new view -- The origin of a connected metabolism -- Hypercycles and coding -- Random grammars : models of functional integration and transformation -- The architecture of genetic regulatory circuits and its evolution -- Differentiation : the dynamical behaviors of genetic regularity networks -- Selection for cell types -- Morphology, maps, and the spatial ordering of integrated tissues.

0195058119 9780195058116 0195079515 (pbk.) 9780195079517 (pbk.)

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GB93-46423


Life--Origin.
Self-organizing systems.
Molecular evolution.
Evolution--Philosophy.

QH 325 / .K39 1993