Chapter 8 Notes > Section 5

	Notes for Chapter 8: Implications for Everyday Systems Section 5: Fundamental Issues in Biology History [of biological complexity] Attitudes of biologists Genetic programs [in biology] Tricks in [biological] evolution Belief in [biological] optimality Studying natural selection Other models [of mutation] Adaptive value of complexity Genetic algorithms Smooth variables [in biology] [Biological] species Defining life Analogies with thermodynamics Major new features [in biological evolution] Software [system] statistics Proteins PAGE IMAGES RELATED LINKS Main text from section Downloadable programs for this section Downloadable images Search Forum for this section Post a comment NKS | Online FAQs

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