| 1 The Secrets of Life: | | | | | | 1 |
| A Mathematician's Introduction to Molecular Biology
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| | | Eric S. Lander and Michael S. Waterman
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| 2 Mapping Heredity: | | | | | | 25 |
| Using Probabilistic Models and Algorithms to Map Genes and Genomes
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| | | Eric S. Lander
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| 3 Seeing Conserved Signals: | | | | | | 36 |
| Using Algorithms to Detect Similarities Between Biosequences
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| | | Eugene W. Myers
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| 4 Hearing Distant Echoes: | | | | | | 90 |
| Using Extremal Statistics to Probe Evolutionary Origins
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| | | Michael S. Waterman
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| 5 Calibrating the Clock: | | | | | | 114 |
| Using Stochastic Processes to Measure the Rate of Evolution
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| | | Simon Tavaré
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| 6 Winding the Double Helix: | | | | | | 153 |
| Using Geometry, Topology, and Mechanics of DNA
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| | | James H. White
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| 7 Unwinding the Double Helix: | | | | | | 179 |
| Using Differential Mechanics to Probe Conformational Changes in DNA
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| | | Craig J. Benham
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| 8 Lifting the Curtain: | | | | | | 202 |
| Using Topology to Probe the Hidden Action of Enzymes
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| | | DeWitt Sumners
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| 9 Folding the Sheets: | | | | | | 236 |
| Using Computational Methods to Predict the Structure of Proteins
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| | | Fred E. Cohen
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| Appendix: Chapter Authors | | | | | | 272 |
| Index | | | | | | 277 |
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