Re: Programming/Modelling of Evolution

geralttee@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

Hi everyone!
I'm a student of biology at the Jagiellonian University, Krakow.
Currently I'm taking part in some research projects (sex ratios in blue
tits, sex determination in zebra finches...). But I'd like to do sth in
the field of computer simulations of evolutionary processes. Could you
help me to find some books/articles/web sites that would help to start
with... I know some computer languages (c++, python) but I don't know
how to use them in evolutionary simulations... Or better said - I'm not
sure :)

I'd very greatful for any suggestions :)



New book just came out:

Evolutionary Dynamics: Exploring the Equations of Life (Hardcover)
by Martin A. Nowak

http://www.amazon.com/Evolutionary-Dynamics-Exploring-Equations-Life/dp/0674023382

Unfortunately, the book doesn't come with any software, and there aren't
any programs inside of it that can be implemented.

From the book description:

"Evolution has become a mathematical theory, Nowak suggests, and any
idea of an evolutionary process or mechanism should be studied in the
context of the mathematical equations of evolutionary dynamics. His book
presents a range of analytical tools that can be used to this end:
fitness landscapes, mutation matrices, genomic sequence space, random
drift, quasispecies, replicators, the Prisoner's Dilemma, games in
finite and infinite populations, evolutionary graph theory, games on
grids, evolutionary kaleidoscopes, fractals, and spatial chaos. Nowak
then shows how evolutionary dynamics applies to critical real-world
problems, including the progression of viral diseases such as AIDS, the
virulence of infectious agents, the unpredictable mutations that lead to
cancer, the evolution of altruism, and even the evolution of human
language. His book makes a clear and compelling case for understanding
every living system--and everything that arises as a consequence of
living systems--in terms of evolutionary dynamics."


--dkomo@xxxxxxxx


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