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Author:   Arthur B. Baskin ,  Jay Mittenthal ,  Arthur B. Baskin ,  Jay Mittenthal
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint:   Westview Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9780201587890

ISBN 10:   0201587890
Pages:   464
Publication Date:   21 October 1992
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   No Longer Our Product
Availability:   Out of print, replaced by POD  
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Table of Contents

* General Introduction NOTE: (each Part contains Introduction and Commentary) Physiology * The Flexible Dynamics of Biological Coordination: Living in the Niche Between Order and Disorder C.G. DeGuzman and J.A.S. Kelso * Biological Organization and Adaptation: Fractal Structure and Scaling Similarities T.R. Nelson Physiology and Development * Constancy and Variation in Developmental Mechanisms: An Example from Comparative Embryology J.A. Bolker * Heterochrony in Hydractiniid Hydroids: A Hypothesis N.W. Blackstone * Adaptive Mechanisms that Accelerate Embryonic Development in Drosophilia T.L. Karr and J.E. Mittenthal * A Connectionist Model of the Drosophila Blastoderm J. Reinitz, E. Mjolsness, and D.H. Sharp * Activity-Dependent Reorganization of Afferents in the Developing Mammalian Visual System M.P. Stryker * A Model for the Development of the Spatial Structure of Retinotopic Maps and Orientation Columns K. Obermayer, H. Ritter, and K. Schulten Physiology, Development, Evolution, and Their Evolution * Homoplasy: the Result of Natural Selection, or Evidence of Design Limitations? D.B. Wake * Preadaptation and Principles of Organization in Organisms D.G. Stork * Critical Allosteric Brain Enzyme Kinetics as Phenotypic Microevolutionary Process A.J. Mandell and K.A. Selz * Generic Physical Mechanisms of Morphogenesis and Patter Formation as Determinants in the Evolution of Multicellular Organization S.A. Newman * Deletions and Mirror-Symmetries in Drosophila Segmentation Mutants Reveal Generic Properties of Epigenetic Mappings B. Goodwin and S. Kauffman * Activity-Dependent Reorganization of Afferents in the Developing Mammalian Visual System M.P. Stryker * Activity-Dependent Reorganization of Afferents in the Developing Mammalian Visual System M.P. Stryker * Activity-Dependent Reorganization of Afferents in the Developing Mammalian Visual System M.P. Stryker * Activity-Dependent Reorganization of Afferents in the Developing Mammalian Visual System M.P. Stryker * Activity-Dependent Reorganization of Afferents in the Developing Mammalian Visual System M.P. Stryker * The Sciences of Complexity and Origins of Order S.A. Kauffman * Patterns of Structure and Their Evolution in the Organization of Organisms: Modules, Matching, and Compaction J.E. Mittenthal, A.B. Baskin, and R.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.E. Reinke, and J.E. Mittenthal * General Conclusions

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Dr. Mittenthal is on the faculty of Cell and Structural Biology at the University of Illinois and participates in the Beckman Institute and the College of Medicine there. His previous research in physiology and developmental biology at the University of Illinois and Oxford University has lead to his current interest in the principles of generation and design in organisms. He is now investigating the design of bacteria. Dr. Baskin has been on the faculty of the College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine at the University of Illinois for the past fourteen years with joint appointments in Computer Science and Mechanical Engineering, In his research, he has applied artificial intelligence and networking tools to support collaboration among groups of problem solvers. By studying the organizational principles of groups of humand problem solvers and computer-based networks, he is helping to develop new tools to support working groups.

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