Biodiversity and evolution / / edited by Philippe Grandcolas, Marie-Christine Maurel |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | ©2018 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiii, 270 pages) |
Disciplina | 576.8/3 |
Soggetto topico |
Molecular evolution
Biodiversity Evolution (Biology) |
ISBN |
0-08-102567-X
1-78548-277-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910583020703321 |
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Chance, calculation and life / / edited by Thierry Gaudin, Marie-Christine Maurel, Jean-Charles Pomerol |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, New Jersey : , : ISTE Ltd : , : John Wiley and Sons Inc, , [2021] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (305 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 530.12 |
Soggetto topico | Quantum theory |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-119-82395-1
1-119-82396-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover -- Half-Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- PART 1: Randomness in all of its Aspects -- 1 Classical, Quantum and Biological Randomness as Relative Unpredictability -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.1.1. Brief historical overview -- 1.1.2. Preliminary remarks -- 1.2. Randomness in classical dynamics -- 1.3. Quantum randomness -- 1.4. Randomness in biology -- 1.5. Random sequences: a theory invariant approach -- 1.6. Classical and quantum randomness revisited -- 1.6.1. Classical versus algorithmic randomness -- 1.6.2. Quantum versus algorithmic randomness -- 1.7. Conclusion and opening: toward a proper biological randomness -- 1.8. Acknowledgments -- 1.9. References -- 2 In The Name of Chance -- 2.1. The birth of probabilities and games of chance -- 2.1.1. Solutions -- 2.1.2. To what end? -- 2.2. A very brief history of probabilities -- 2.3. Chance? What chance? -- 2.4. Prospective possibility -- 2.4.1. LLN + CLT + ENIAC = MC -- 2.4.2. Generating chance through numbers -- 2.4.3. Going back the other way -- 2.4.4. Prospective possibility as master of the world? -- 2.5. Appendix: Congruent generators, can prospective chance be periodic? -- 2.5.1. A little modulo n arithmetic -- 2.5.2. From erratic arithmetic to algorithmic randomness -- 2.5.3. And, the winner is... Mersenne Twister 623 -- 2.6. References -- 3 Chance in a Few Languages -- 3.1. Classical Sanskrit -- 3.2. Persian and Arabic -- 3.3. Ancient Greek -- 3.4. Russian -- 3.5. Latin -- 3.6. French -- 3.7. English -- 3.8. Dice, chance and the symbolic world -- 3.9. References -- 4 The Collective Determinism of Quantum Randomness -- 4.1. True or false chance -- 4.2. Chance sneaks into uncertainty -- 4.3. The world of the infinitely small -- 4.4. A more figurative example -- 4.5. Einstein's act of resistance.
4.6. Schrödinger's cat to neutrino oscillations -- 4.7. Chance versus the anthropic principle -- 4.8. And luck in life? -- 4.9. Chance and freedom -- 5 Wave-Particle Chaos to the Stability of Living -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. The chaos of the wave-particle -- 5.3. The stability of living things -- 5.4. Conclusion -- 5.5. Acknowledgments -- 5.6. References -- 6 Chance in Cosmology: Random and Turbulent Creation of Multiple Cosmos -- 6.1. Is quantum cosmology oxymoronic? -- 6.4. Loop lament -- 6.5. The quantum vacuum exists, Casimir has met it -- 6.6. The generosity of the quantum vacuum -- 6.7. Landscapes -- 6.8. The good works of Inflation -- 6.9. Sub species aeternitatis -- 6.10. The smiling vacuum -- 7 The Chance in Decision: When Neurons Flip a Coin -- 7.1. A very subjective utility -- 7.2. A minimum rationality -- 7.3. There is noise in the choices -- 7.4. On the volatility of parameters -- 7.5. When the brain wears rose-tinted glasses -- 7.7. The will to move an index finger -- 7.8. Free will in debate -- 7.9. The virtue of chance -- 7.10. References -- 8 To Have a Sense of Life: A Poetic Reconnaissance -- 8.1. References -- 9 Divine Chance -- 9.1. Thinking by chance -- 9.2. Chance, need: why choose? -- 9.3. When chance is not chance -- 9.4. When chance comes from elsewhere -- 10 Chance and the Creative Process -- 10.1. Introduction -- 10.2. Chance -- 10.3. Creation -- 10.4. Chance in the artistic creative process -- 10.5. An art of the present moment -- 10.6. Conclusion -- 10.7. References -- PART 2: Randomness, Biology and Evolution -- 11 Epigenetics, DNA and Chromatin Dynamics: Where is the Chance and Where is the Necessity? -- 11.1. Introduction -- 11.2. Random combinations -- 11.3. Random alterations -- 11.4. Beyond the gene -- 11.5. Epigenetic variation -- 11.6. Concluding remarks -- 11.7. Acknowledgments -- 11.8. References. 12 When Acquired Characteristics Become Heritable: The Lesson of Genomes -- 12.1. Introduction -- 12.2. Horizontal genetic exchange in prokaryotes -- 12.3. Two specificities of eukaryotes theoretically oppose horizontal gene transfer -- 12.4. Criteria for genomic analysis -- 12.5. Abundance of horizontal transfers in unicellular eukaryotes -- 12.6. Remarkable horizontal genetic transfers in pluricellular eukaryotes -- 12.7. Main mechanisms of horizontal genetic transfers -- 12.8. Introgressions and limits to the concept of species -- 12.9. Conclusion -- 12.10. References -- 13 The Evolutionary Trajectories of Organisms are Not Stochastic -- 13.1. Evolution and stochasticity: a few metaphors -- 13.2. The Gouldian metaphor of the "replay" of evolution -- 13.3. The replay of evolution: what happened -- 13.4. Evolutionary replay experiments -- 13.5. Phylogenies versus experiments -- 13.6. Stochasticity, evolution and extinction -- 13.7. Conclusion -- 13.8. References -- 14 Evolution in the Face of Chance -- 14.1. Introduction -- 14.2. Waddington and the concept of canalization -- 14.3. A stochastic model of Darwinian evolution -- 14.3.1. Redundancy and neutral networks -- 14.3.2. A toy model -- 14.3.3. Mutation-selection algorithm -- 14.4. Numerical results -- 14.4.1. Canalization -- 14.4.2. Target selection -- 14.4.3. Neighborhood selection -- 14.5. Discussion -- 14.6. Acknowledgments -- 15 Chance, Contingency and the Origins of Life: Some Historical Issues -- 15.1. Acknowledgments -- 15.2. References -- 16 Chance, Complexity and the Idea of a Universal Ethics1 -- 16.1. Cosmic evolution and advances in computation -- 16.2. Two notions of complexity -- 16.3. Biological computations -- 16.4. Energy and emergy -- 16.5. What we hold onto -- 16.6. Noah knew this already! -- 16.7. Create, protect and collect -- 16.8. An ethics of organized complexity. 16.9. Not so easy -- 16.10. References -- List of Authors -- Index -- Other titles from iSTE in Information Systems, Web and Pervasive Computing -- EULA. |
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Chance, calculation and life / / edited by Thierry Gaudin, Marie-Christine Maurel, Jean-Charles Pomerol |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, New Jersey : , : ISTE Ltd : , : John Wiley and Sons Inc, , [2021] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (305 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 530.12 |
Soggetto topico | Quantum theory |
ISBN |
1-119-82395-1
1-119-82396-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover -- Half-Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- PART 1: Randomness in all of its Aspects -- 1 Classical, Quantum and Biological Randomness as Relative Unpredictability -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.1.1. Brief historical overview -- 1.1.2. Preliminary remarks -- 1.2. Randomness in classical dynamics -- 1.3. Quantum randomness -- 1.4. Randomness in biology -- 1.5. Random sequences: a theory invariant approach -- 1.6. Classical and quantum randomness revisited -- 1.6.1. Classical versus algorithmic randomness -- 1.6.2. Quantum versus algorithmic randomness -- 1.7. Conclusion and opening: toward a proper biological randomness -- 1.8. Acknowledgments -- 1.9. References -- 2 In The Name of Chance -- 2.1. The birth of probabilities and games of chance -- 2.1.1. Solutions -- 2.1.2. To what end? -- 2.2. A very brief history of probabilities -- 2.3. Chance? What chance? -- 2.4. Prospective possibility -- 2.4.1. LLN + CLT + ENIAC = MC -- 2.4.2. Generating chance through numbers -- 2.4.3. Going back the other way -- 2.4.4. Prospective possibility as master of the world? -- 2.5. Appendix: Congruent generators, can prospective chance be periodic? -- 2.5.1. A little modulo n arithmetic -- 2.5.2. From erratic arithmetic to algorithmic randomness -- 2.5.3. And, the winner is... Mersenne Twister 623 -- 2.6. References -- 3 Chance in a Few Languages -- 3.1. Classical Sanskrit -- 3.2. Persian and Arabic -- 3.3. Ancient Greek -- 3.4. Russian -- 3.5. Latin -- 3.6. French -- 3.7. English -- 3.8. Dice, chance and the symbolic world -- 3.9. References -- 4 The Collective Determinism of Quantum Randomness -- 4.1. True or false chance -- 4.2. Chance sneaks into uncertainty -- 4.3. The world of the infinitely small -- 4.4. A more figurative example -- 4.5. Einstein's act of resistance.
4.6. Schrödinger's cat to neutrino oscillations -- 4.7. Chance versus the anthropic principle -- 4.8. And luck in life? -- 4.9. Chance and freedom -- 5 Wave-Particle Chaos to the Stability of Living -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. The chaos of the wave-particle -- 5.3. The stability of living things -- 5.4. Conclusion -- 5.5. Acknowledgments -- 5.6. References -- 6 Chance in Cosmology: Random and Turbulent Creation of Multiple Cosmos -- 6.1. Is quantum cosmology oxymoronic? -- 6.4. Loop lament -- 6.5. The quantum vacuum exists, Casimir has met it -- 6.6. The generosity of the quantum vacuum -- 6.7. Landscapes -- 6.8. The good works of Inflation -- 6.9. Sub species aeternitatis -- 6.10. The smiling vacuum -- 7 The Chance in Decision: When Neurons Flip a Coin -- 7.1. A very subjective utility -- 7.2. A minimum rationality -- 7.3. There is noise in the choices -- 7.4. On the volatility of parameters -- 7.5. When the brain wears rose-tinted glasses -- 7.7. The will to move an index finger -- 7.8. Free will in debate -- 7.9. The virtue of chance -- 7.10. References -- 8 To Have a Sense of Life: A Poetic Reconnaissance -- 8.1. References -- 9 Divine Chance -- 9.1. Thinking by chance -- 9.2. Chance, need: why choose? -- 9.3. When chance is not chance -- 9.4. When chance comes from elsewhere -- 10 Chance and the Creative Process -- 10.1. Introduction -- 10.2. Chance -- 10.3. Creation -- 10.4. Chance in the artistic creative process -- 10.5. An art of the present moment -- 10.6. Conclusion -- 10.7. References -- PART 2: Randomness, Biology and Evolution -- 11 Epigenetics, DNA and Chromatin Dynamics: Where is the Chance and Where is the Necessity? -- 11.1. Introduction -- 11.2. Random combinations -- 11.3. Random alterations -- 11.4. Beyond the gene -- 11.5. Epigenetic variation -- 11.6. Concluding remarks -- 11.7. Acknowledgments -- 11.8. References. 12 When Acquired Characteristics Become Heritable: The Lesson of Genomes -- 12.1. Introduction -- 12.2. Horizontal genetic exchange in prokaryotes -- 12.3. Two specificities of eukaryotes theoretically oppose horizontal gene transfer -- 12.4. Criteria for genomic analysis -- 12.5. Abundance of horizontal transfers in unicellular eukaryotes -- 12.6. Remarkable horizontal genetic transfers in pluricellular eukaryotes -- 12.7. Main mechanisms of horizontal genetic transfers -- 12.8. Introgressions and limits to the concept of species -- 12.9. Conclusion -- 12.10. References -- 13 The Evolutionary Trajectories of Organisms are Not Stochastic -- 13.1. Evolution and stochasticity: a few metaphors -- 13.2. The Gouldian metaphor of the "replay" of evolution -- 13.3. The replay of evolution: what happened -- 13.4. Evolutionary replay experiments -- 13.5. Phylogenies versus experiments -- 13.6. Stochasticity, evolution and extinction -- 13.7. Conclusion -- 13.8. References -- 14 Evolution in the Face of Chance -- 14.1. Introduction -- 14.2. Waddington and the concept of canalization -- 14.3. A stochastic model of Darwinian evolution -- 14.3.1. Redundancy and neutral networks -- 14.3.2. A toy model -- 14.3.3. Mutation-selection algorithm -- 14.4. Numerical results -- 14.4.1. Canalization -- 14.4.2. Target selection -- 14.4.3. Neighborhood selection -- 14.5. Discussion -- 14.6. Acknowledgments -- 15 Chance, Contingency and the Origins of Life: Some Historical Issues -- 15.1. Acknowledgments -- 15.2. References -- 16 Chance, Complexity and the Idea of a Universal Ethics1 -- 16.1. Cosmic evolution and advances in computation -- 16.2. Two notions of complexity -- 16.3. Biological computations -- 16.4. Energy and emergy -- 16.5. What we hold onto -- 16.6. Noah knew this already! -- 16.7. Create, protect and collect -- 16.8. An ethics of organized complexity. 16.9. Not so easy -- 16.10. References -- List of Authors -- Index -- Other titles from iSTE in Information Systems, Web and Pervasive Computing -- EULA. |
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L'eau à découvert / / Agathe Euzen, Catherine Jeandel, Rémy Mosseri |
Autore | Abbadie Luc |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Paris, : CNRS Éditions, 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (365 p.) |
Altri autori (Persone) |
AbrilGwenaël
AlbasiClaire AndréassianVazken AptelPhilippe AquilinaLuc ArnaudFabien ArthaudFlorent AubriotOlivia AumontOlivier BalmannHélène Roux-de BarbierRémi BaronCatherine BarreteauOlivier BartoloDenis BatisseJulien BeaulieuÉmilie BehraPhilippe Bellissent-FunelMarie-Claire BelloubetNicole BerqueAugustin BerthierÉtienne BessonMichèle BethemontJacques BiancamariaSylvain BillenGilles BlanchonDavid BoëtPhilippe BoissonHenri-Claude BonneuAdrien BonySandrine BoppLaurent BorgneTanguy Le BottaFabrizio BouarfaSami BoulayAnne-Marie BouleauGabrielle BoussacAlain BouvierClaude-Eugène BretagnolleVincent BrunetYves BuchsArnaud BudzinskiHélène CabaneBernard CabassudCorinne CalletPatrick Calvo-MendietaIratxe CaquetThierry CartignyPierre CassirMichel ChalikakisKonstantinos ChastanBernard ChauvetÉric ChevallierPierre ChocatBernard ChoubertJean-Marc ClanetChristophe CorvolPierre Cottin-BizonneCécile CoutardOlivier CraussePierre DécampNicolas DécampsHenri DelemotteLucie DenysChristiane DescormeClaude DévierMarie-Hélène De WitRutger Djellouli-TabetYamna DörfligerNathalie DrobenkoBernard DucharneAgnès DucrocqVéronique DupréBernard EspinasseBenjamin EtcheberHenri EtcheberryArnaud EuzenAgathe EvrardBarbara FajerwergKatia FéméniasDamien FlipoNicolas FlorentinDaniel FrigerioJean-Marc FromardFrançois FuchsAlain GaillardetJérôme GarnierEmmanuel GarnierJosette GarrecNathalie GarricJeanne GentierSylvie GerinoMagali GhiottiStéphane GigaultJulien GoddérisYves GoriniChristian GouvelloBernard de GrasmickAlain GuérinRoger Guérin-SchneiderLætitia GuéroldFrançois GuillermeAndré GuillotBertrand GuillouMarion HagheJean-Paul HerrmannMarine HossonCécile de JaminJean-Yves JeandelCatherine JorlandGérard LaageDamien Laffont-SchwobIsabelle Lallier-VergèsÉlisabeth LamareSylvain LangMichel LarrueCorinne LavalKatia LebelThierry LeclercCyril LegubeBernard LemarchandDamien LévêqueChristian LeviYves Le BourhisJean-Pierre LitricoXavier LonguevergneLaurent LooyKris Van Lorant-PlantierÉmilie MarsilyGhislain de MartinezJean-Michel MathisPaul MaurelChristophe MaurelMarie-Christine MauriceSylvestre MazellierPatrick MillotClaude MolleBruno MolleFrançois Montrejaud-VignolesMireille MorinSamuel MosseriRémy NuttinAlexis PaillardSandrine PechPierre PeiryJean-Luc PetitOlivier PetitetSylvain PétrequinPierre PichonCéline Le PiégayHervé PierronJean-Philippe PinelCatherine PlanchonBernard Planty-TabacchiAnne-Marie PonomarenkoAlexandre PonsMarie-Noëlle PontDidier PoussinJean-Christophe ProbstAnne ProbstJean-Luc QuéinnecÉric QuéréDavid RabineauMarina RambalSerge Reghezza-ZittMagali RémyFrédérique RocaRémy RocheNicolas RoqueGeorges RoquesChristian-François RoustanMichel RoyetPaul RufThierry RuinIsabelle SabatierPierre Saint-MichelMatthieu SallesDenis SatorNicolas SauquetÉric SiggLaura SirostOlivier SpérandioMathieu SquinaziFabien SucJean-Pierre TabacchiEric TarekMounir TeixeiraJosé ThibiérozJacques ThieuVincent ThualOlivier TrancartJean-Luc TreyerSébastien TuzetAndrée Vergnaud-AyraudVirginie VervierPhilippe VialleClaire ViersJérôme VigneronGeorges ViovyNicolas WateauFabienne WilhelmBruno |
Collana | À découvert |
Soggetto topico |
Humanities, Multidisciplinary
eau ressource naturelle biodiversité |
Soggetto non controllato |
eau
ressource naturelle biodiversité |
ISBN |
2-271-08872-0
2-271-11911-1 2-271-08873-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | fre |
Altri titoli varianti | EAU A DECOUVERT |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910495750003321 |
Abbadie Luc | ||
Paris, : CNRS Éditions, 2017 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The explosion of life forms : living beings and morphology / / coordinated by Georges Chapouthier, Marie-Christine Maurel |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, England ; ; Hoboken, New Jersey : , : ISTE : , : Wiley, , [2021] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiv, 240 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 574.5 |
Soggetto topico |
Ecology
Evolution (Biology) Life - Origin |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-119-81842-7
1-119-81843-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover -- Half-Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 Possible Traces and Clues of Early Life Forms -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Have "things" always been as they are today? -- 1.3. Fossil traces? -- 1.4. Geochemical elements confirming these recent results -- 1.5. Compartmentalization of resources and primary biomass -- 1.6. Rebuilding a living cell: a wide range of possibilities explored, from the mineral to the organic -- 1.7. Conclusion -- 1.8. Acknowledgements -- 1.9. References -- 2 The Nature of Life -- 2.1. Observations and assumptions -- 2.2. Descriptions and definitions -- 2.3. Exploration -- 2.4. Conclusion -- 2.5. References -- 3 From Form to Function -- 3.1. Form: a concept for knowledge -- 3.2. Basic structural elements: from the molecule to the cell -- 3.3. The weight of the physical setting -- 3.4. Mesoderm: base material for architect genes -- 3.5. Appendices and laws of mechanics -- 3.6. "Appendicular" movement on land -- 3.7. The legless -- 3.8. And the head -- 3.9. References -- 4 On Growth and Form: Context and Purpose -- 4.1. D'Arcy Thompson's program -- 4.2. Application of mathematics to morphometry -- 4.3. References -- 5 The Emergence of Form in the History of Epigenetics -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. From epigenesis to epigenetics -- 5.3. The evolution of the epigenetic landscape -- 5.4. Modernizing the epigenetic landscape -- 5.5. From epigenetic landscape to chromosome conformation -- 5.6. Conclusion: from form to function -- 5.7. Acknowledgments -- 5.8. References -- 6 The Many Shapes of Microbial Detection of Kin and Kind -- 6.1. From Darwin's social-insects-puzzle to microbes -- 6.2. Handshakes of kinship or "kindship" in bacteria -- 6.3. The ameba world of clone discrimination/recognition -- 6.4. Social microbes and multicellularity -- 6.5. Conclusion -- 6.6. References.
7 Development and Evolution of Plant Forms -- 7.1. Introduction -- 7.2. Diversity of plant forms and associated functions -- 7.2.1. Anthropocentric view of plant forms -- 7.2.2. Plant forms perceived by pollinators -- 7.3. Origin and evolution of plant forms -- 7.3.1. Pattern formation during ontogenesis -- 7.3.2. Physical-mathematical considerations on plant morphogenesis -- 7.3.3. Implementation of forms during phylogenesis -- 7.4. Origin and evolution of plant forms -- 7.4.1. Usefulness for human societies -- 7.4.2. Usefulness for botanical classifiers -- 7.5. Conclusion -- 7.6. Acknowledgments -- 7.7. References -- 8 Forms of Memory -- 8.1. Introduction -- 8.2. The polymorphism of memory -- 8.3. Non-associative memories -- 8.3.1. Habituation and sensitization -- 8.3.2. Priming -- 8.3.3. Perceptual learning -- 8.4. Classical conditioning -- 8.4.1. Operational definition, rules and varieties of classical conditioning -- 8.4.2. Contemporary theory of classical conditioning -- 8.4.3. The importance of classical conditioning -- 8.5. Instrumental conditioning -- 8.5.1. Law of effect, stimulus-response (S-R) theory and "habits" -- 8.5.2. From S-R theory to cognitive theories -- 8.5.3. The two facets of instrumental conditioning -- 8.6. Procedural memory as a "memory system" -- 8.6.1. Habits: double functional dissociations in mammals -- 8.6.2. Human procedural memory and its cerebral supports -- 8.7. Declarative memory -- 8.7.1. Episodic and semantic memory: definitions, properties and relationships -- 8.7.2. Episodic memory in animals? -- 8.8. Short-term memory and working memory -- 8.8.1. General characteristics -- 8.8.2. Models -- 8.8.3. Short-term memory in animals -- 8.8.4. Cerebral substrates -- 8.9. Conclusion: organization and reconfiguration of the different forms of memory -- 8.10. References -- 9 The Construction of Sensory Universes. 9.1. Introduction -- 9.2. Chemoreception -- 9.2.1. Taste -- 9.2.2. Smell -- 9.3. Mechanoreception -- 9.3.1. Touch -- 9.3.2. Lateral lines -- 9.3.3. Hearing -- 9.4. Electromagnetoreception -- 9.4.1. Vision -- 9.4.2. Electroreception -- 9.4.3. Magnetoreception -- 9.4.4. Thermoreception -- 9.5. Information filtering -- 9.6. Conclusion -- 9.7. References -- 10 Emotional and Social Forms of Robots -- 10.1. Introduction -- 10.2. Communication with social and emotional robots -- 10.3. Human empathy for machines -- 10.4. Machine emotions -- 10.5. Conclusion: risks and benefits -- 10.6. References -- 11 When Medical Technology Mimics Living Forms -- 11.1. Introduction -- 11.2. Historical and epistemological perspective -- 11.2.1. A comparative history of medical technology -- 11.2.2. Epistemological perspective -- 11.2.3. A conceptual and theoretical framework: the mathematical theory of integrative physiology (MTIP) by Gilbert Chauvet -- 11.2.4. Forms of thinking or processing by machines -- 11.3. Simulation, biomimetics and bioprinting: a future for medical technology -- 11.4. References -- 12 From Living to Thinking: Mosaic Architecture -- 12.1. Introduction -- 12.2. Two main principles -- 12.3. Genes and cells -- 12.4. More complex anatomical mosaics -- 12.5. Epistemological rehabilitation of asexual reproduction -- 12.6. Social mosaics -- 12.7. Encephalic mosaics -- 12.8. Mosaics of thought -- 12.9. Man-made objects -- 12.10. Human and animal cultural traits -- 12.11. A universality of mosaics? -- 12.12. Conclusion: philosophical foundations -- 12.13. References -- 13 Converging Technologies or Paradoxes of Power -- 13.1. Introduction -- 13.2. Might, domination, power -- 13.3. Life, technique, power -- 13.4. "Technological arrogance" -- 13.5. Technological convergence and singularity -- 13.6. Innovation, research, invention -- 13.7. Conclusion. 13.8. References -- List of Authors -- Index -- EULA. |
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London, England ; ; Hoboken, New Jersey : , : ISTE : , : Wiley, , [2021] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The explosion of life forms : living beings and morphology / / coordinated by Georges Chapouthier, Marie-Christine Maurel |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, England ; ; Hoboken, New Jersey : , : ISTE : , : Wiley, , [2021] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiv, 240 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 574.5 |
Soggetto topico |
Ecology
Evolution (Biology) Life - Origin |
ISBN |
1-119-81842-7
1-119-81843-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover -- Half-Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 Possible Traces and Clues of Early Life Forms -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Have "things" always been as they are today? -- 1.3. Fossil traces? -- 1.4. Geochemical elements confirming these recent results -- 1.5. Compartmentalization of resources and primary biomass -- 1.6. Rebuilding a living cell: a wide range of possibilities explored, from the mineral to the organic -- 1.7. Conclusion -- 1.8. Acknowledgements -- 1.9. References -- 2 The Nature of Life -- 2.1. Observations and assumptions -- 2.2. Descriptions and definitions -- 2.3. Exploration -- 2.4. Conclusion -- 2.5. References -- 3 From Form to Function -- 3.1. Form: a concept for knowledge -- 3.2. Basic structural elements: from the molecule to the cell -- 3.3. The weight of the physical setting -- 3.4. Mesoderm: base material for architect genes -- 3.5. Appendices and laws of mechanics -- 3.6. "Appendicular" movement on land -- 3.7. The legless -- 3.8. And the head -- 3.9. References -- 4 On Growth and Form: Context and Purpose -- 4.1. D'Arcy Thompson's program -- 4.2. Application of mathematics to morphometry -- 4.3. References -- 5 The Emergence of Form in the History of Epigenetics -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. From epigenesis to epigenetics -- 5.3. The evolution of the epigenetic landscape -- 5.4. Modernizing the epigenetic landscape -- 5.5. From epigenetic landscape to chromosome conformation -- 5.6. Conclusion: from form to function -- 5.7. Acknowledgments -- 5.8. References -- 6 The Many Shapes of Microbial Detection of Kin and Kind -- 6.1. From Darwin's social-insects-puzzle to microbes -- 6.2. Handshakes of kinship or "kindship" in bacteria -- 6.3. The ameba world of clone discrimination/recognition -- 6.4. Social microbes and multicellularity -- 6.5. Conclusion -- 6.6. References.
7 Development and Evolution of Plant Forms -- 7.1. Introduction -- 7.2. Diversity of plant forms and associated functions -- 7.2.1. Anthropocentric view of plant forms -- 7.2.2. Plant forms perceived by pollinators -- 7.3. Origin and evolution of plant forms -- 7.3.1. Pattern formation during ontogenesis -- 7.3.2. Physical-mathematical considerations on plant morphogenesis -- 7.3.3. Implementation of forms during phylogenesis -- 7.4. Origin and evolution of plant forms -- 7.4.1. Usefulness for human societies -- 7.4.2. Usefulness for botanical classifiers -- 7.5. Conclusion -- 7.6. Acknowledgments -- 7.7. References -- 8 Forms of Memory -- 8.1. Introduction -- 8.2. The polymorphism of memory -- 8.3. Non-associative memories -- 8.3.1. Habituation and sensitization -- 8.3.2. Priming -- 8.3.3. Perceptual learning -- 8.4. Classical conditioning -- 8.4.1. Operational definition, rules and varieties of classical conditioning -- 8.4.2. Contemporary theory of classical conditioning -- 8.4.3. The importance of classical conditioning -- 8.5. Instrumental conditioning -- 8.5.1. Law of effect, stimulus-response (S-R) theory and "habits" -- 8.5.2. From S-R theory to cognitive theories -- 8.5.3. The two facets of instrumental conditioning -- 8.6. Procedural memory as a "memory system" -- 8.6.1. Habits: double functional dissociations in mammals -- 8.6.2. Human procedural memory and its cerebral supports -- 8.7. Declarative memory -- 8.7.1. Episodic and semantic memory: definitions, properties and relationships -- 8.7.2. Episodic memory in animals? -- 8.8. Short-term memory and working memory -- 8.8.1. General characteristics -- 8.8.2. Models -- 8.8.3. Short-term memory in animals -- 8.8.4. Cerebral substrates -- 8.9. Conclusion: organization and reconfiguration of the different forms of memory -- 8.10. References -- 9 The Construction of Sensory Universes. 9.1. Introduction -- 9.2. Chemoreception -- 9.2.1. Taste -- 9.2.2. Smell -- 9.3. Mechanoreception -- 9.3.1. Touch -- 9.3.2. Lateral lines -- 9.3.3. Hearing -- 9.4. Electromagnetoreception -- 9.4.1. Vision -- 9.4.2. Electroreception -- 9.4.3. Magnetoreception -- 9.4.4. Thermoreception -- 9.5. Information filtering -- 9.6. Conclusion -- 9.7. References -- 10 Emotional and Social Forms of Robots -- 10.1. Introduction -- 10.2. Communication with social and emotional robots -- 10.3. Human empathy for machines -- 10.4. Machine emotions -- 10.5. Conclusion: risks and benefits -- 10.6. References -- 11 When Medical Technology Mimics Living Forms -- 11.1. Introduction -- 11.2. Historical and epistemological perspective -- 11.2.1. A comparative history of medical technology -- 11.2.2. Epistemological perspective -- 11.2.3. A conceptual and theoretical framework: the mathematical theory of integrative physiology (MTIP) by Gilbert Chauvet -- 11.2.4. Forms of thinking or processing by machines -- 11.3. Simulation, biomimetics and bioprinting: a future for medical technology -- 11.4. References -- 12 From Living to Thinking: Mosaic Architecture -- 12.1. Introduction -- 12.2. Two main principles -- 12.3. Genes and cells -- 12.4. More complex anatomical mosaics -- 12.5. Epistemological rehabilitation of asexual reproduction -- 12.6. Social mosaics -- 12.7. Encephalic mosaics -- 12.8. Mosaics of thought -- 12.9. Man-made objects -- 12.10. Human and animal cultural traits -- 12.11. A universality of mosaics? -- 12.12. Conclusion: philosophical foundations -- 12.13. References -- 13 Converging Technologies or Paradoxes of Power -- 13.1. Introduction -- 13.2. Might, domination, power -- 13.3. Life, technique, power -- 13.4. "Technological arrogance" -- 13.5. Technological convergence and singularity -- 13.6. Innovation, research, invention -- 13.7. Conclusion. 13.8. References -- List of Authors -- Index -- EULA. |
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Mathematics in the visual arts / / edited by Ruth Scheps, Marie-Christine Maurel |
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Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (195 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 701 |
Soggetto topico | Mathematics in art |
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1-119-80208-3
1-119-80180-X 1-119-80178-8 |
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Systematics and the exploration of life / / edited by Philippe Grandcolas, Marie-Christine Maurel |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : ISTE |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (245 pages) |
Disciplina | 574.012 |
Soggetto topico |
Biology
Phylogeny |
ISBN |
1-119-48917-2
1-119-47687-9 1-119-48915-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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Cover -- Half-Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Introduction: Exploring Biodiversity: Science Must Seize the Unknown 80% -- References -- 1 Symmetry of Shapes in Biology: from D'Arcy Thompson to Morphometrics -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. D'Arcy Thompson, symmetry and morphometrics -- 1.3. Isometries and symmetry groups -- 1.4. Biological asymmetries -- 1.5. Principles of geometric morphometrics -- 1.6. The treatment of symmetry in morphometrics -- 1.7. Some examples of applications -- 1.8. Conclusion -- 1.9. References -- 2 Impact of a Point Mutation in a Protein Structure -- 2.1. Composition -- 2.2. Folding -- 2.3. Substitution(s) in protein structures -- 2.4. Effect on overall structure and function -- 2.5. Effect on stability -- 2.6. Effect on the peptide backbone -- 2.7. Conclusion -- 2.8. References -- 3 The Role of Taxonomy and Natural History in the Study of the Evolution of Eneopterinae Crickets -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Taxonomy in modern comparative approaches -- 3.3. A model group -- 3.4. Contribution of taxonomy for phylogenetic reconstructions and classification -- 3.4.1. Monophyly -- 3.4.2. Recent taxonomic contributions -- 3.4.3. Phylogeny and taxonomy -- 3.5. Contribution of taxonomy to biogeography -- 3.5.1. New Caledonia -- 3.5.2. Southeast Asia -- 3.6. Taxonomic exploration and evolution of species traits -- 3.7. Conclusion -- 3.8. Acknowledgments -- 3.9. References -- 4 Systematics in the (Post)genomic Era: A Look at the Drosophila Model -- 4.1. Drosophila: a star of genetics but a systematic nebula -- 4.2. Subspecies: identification of "genomic islands of divergence"? -- 4.3. Species complexes: congruence between species trees and gene trees -- 4.4. Supraspecific ranks: phylogeny, genome and morphome -- 4.5. Conclusion -- 4.6. Acknowledgments -- 4.7. References.
5 Dealing with Multiple Environments: The Challenges of the Trypanosome Lifecycle -- 5.1. Human African trypanosomiasis, the disease -- 5.2. Cell biology of Trypanosoma brucei -- 5.3. Survival and maturation of T. brucei in the tsetse vector -- 5.4. Adaptations of T. brucei to the mammalian host -- 5.5. Conclusion -- 5.6. References -- 6 Challenges Inherent in the Systematics and Taxonomy of Genera that have Recently Experienced Explosive Radiation: The Case of Orchids of the Genus Ophrys -- 6.1. Introduction -- 6.2. Speciation in Ophrys: an evolutionary divergence seen as a reticulated continuum -- 6.2.1. Difficulty in applying the biological concept of the species in the case of Ophrys -- 6.2.2. Causes of reproductive isolation in Ophrys -- 6.2.3. Consequences of the implementation of reproductive isolation in the particular case of the genus Ophrys -- 6.3. Current state of knowledge on Ophrys systematics -- 6.3.1. Molecular systematics: overview of current knowledge -- 6.3.2. Molecular systematics in the age of phylogenomics -- 6.4. Integrative genomics and taxonomy: perspectives and issues -- 6.4.1. Moving towards a generalization of data sets at the genomic scale -- 6.4.2. Integrative taxonomy approach -- 6.5. Conclusion -- 6.6. Acknowledgments -- 6.7. References -- 7 Exploration and Origins of Biodiversity in Madagascar: The Message of Ferns -- 7.1. Introduction -- 7.2. Madagascar: a complex biogeographical context -- 7.2.1. An insular continental territory that is not so isolated -- 7.2.2. Gradients, ecosystem diversity and biodiversity -- 7.3. Ferns and lycophytes: an ideal model for the biogeography of Madagascar -- 7.4. Origins of the lineages of ferns in Madagascar -- 7.4.1. Multiple long-distance dispersions -- 7.4.2. The Neotropics: a non-exclusive but preponderant role -- 7.4.3. Africa: a truly minimal role or an underestimated role?. 7.5. The example of Rumohra: dispersions to Madagascar and around the world -- 7.6. Conclusion -- 7.7. References -- 8 Mediterranean and Atlantic Algae, a Fraternal Relationship? -- 8.1. Introduction -- 8.1.1. Seaweeds -- 8.1.2. The systematics of algae -- 8.1.3. Algae distribution on a global scale -- 8.1.4. Seaweeds on the Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts -- 8.1.5. Challenge of the study -- 8.2. Materials and methods -- 8.2.1. Sampling strategy -- 8.2.2. Acquisition of molecular data -- 8.2.3. Analysis of phylogenetic relationships between Atlantic and Mediterranean specimens -- 8.3. Results -- 8.4. Discussion -- 8.5. Acknowledgments -- 8.6. References -- 9 Ontogeny and Evolution of the Hyperorgan of Delphinieae -- 9.1. Introduction -- 9.2. Synorganization: a concept, definitions -- 9.2.1. Adolf Remane and the synorganization of animal structures -- 9.2.2. A concept adopted by botanists, and by flower specialists in particular -- 9.2.3. A concept to be limited organically, and to be placed in a phylogenetic framework -- 9.3. Ontogeny and evolution of the hyperorgan of Delphinieae -- 9.3.1. Disparity of the hyperorgan in the tribe -- 9.3.2. Ontogeny of the synorganized structure -- 9.3.3. Evolving trends and convergences -- 9.4. The study of synorganization in evolutionary biology -- 9.4.1. Lessons learned from the synorganization study -- 9.4.2. Scientometrics to measure the impact of the concept of synorganization in evolutionary biology -- 9.4.3. Synchronization, integration, co-adaptation, redundant concepts? -- 9.5. Conclusion -- 9.6. Acknowledgments -- 9.7. References -- 10 Identification of Interspecific Chromosomal Homologies: Chromosomal Microdissection and Chromosomal Painting in Antarctic Teleosts Nototheniidae -- 10.1. Introduction -- 10.1.1. Homologies, painting and chromosomal microdissection -- 10.1.2. ICH research in Nototheniidae. 10.2. Materials and methods -- 10.2.1. Materials -- 10.2.2. Methods -- 10.3. Results -- 10.3.1. Microdissection -- 10.3.2. Painting -- 10.4. Discussion -- 10.4.1. Technical aspects developed and prospects for improvement of the painting signal -- 10.4.2. The largest pair of chromosomes of T. pennellii, the product of two chromosomal fusions (roberstonian and tandem) -- 10.5. Conclusion -- 10.6. References -- List of Authors -- Index -- Other titles from iSTE in Biology and Biomedical Engineering -- EULA. |
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Systematics and the exploration of life / / edited by Philippe Grandcolas, Marie-Christine Maurel |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : ISTE |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (245 pages) |
Disciplina | 574.012 |
Soggetto topico |
Biology
Phylogeny |
ISBN |
1-119-48917-2
1-119-47687-9 1-119-48915-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover -- Half-Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Introduction: Exploring Biodiversity: Science Must Seize the Unknown 80% -- References -- 1 Symmetry of Shapes in Biology: from D'Arcy Thompson to Morphometrics -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. D'Arcy Thompson, symmetry and morphometrics -- 1.3. Isometries and symmetry groups -- 1.4. Biological asymmetries -- 1.5. Principles of geometric morphometrics -- 1.6. The treatment of symmetry in morphometrics -- 1.7. Some examples of applications -- 1.8. Conclusion -- 1.9. References -- 2 Impact of a Point Mutation in a Protein Structure -- 2.1. Composition -- 2.2. Folding -- 2.3. Substitution(s) in protein structures -- 2.4. Effect on overall structure and function -- 2.5. Effect on stability -- 2.6. Effect on the peptide backbone -- 2.7. Conclusion -- 2.8. References -- 3 The Role of Taxonomy and Natural History in the Study of the Evolution of Eneopterinae Crickets -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Taxonomy in modern comparative approaches -- 3.3. A model group -- 3.4. Contribution of taxonomy for phylogenetic reconstructions and classification -- 3.4.1. Monophyly -- 3.4.2. Recent taxonomic contributions -- 3.4.3. Phylogeny and taxonomy -- 3.5. Contribution of taxonomy to biogeography -- 3.5.1. New Caledonia -- 3.5.2. Southeast Asia -- 3.6. Taxonomic exploration and evolution of species traits -- 3.7. Conclusion -- 3.8. Acknowledgments -- 3.9. References -- 4 Systematics in the (Post)genomic Era: A Look at the Drosophila Model -- 4.1. Drosophila: a star of genetics but a systematic nebula -- 4.2. Subspecies: identification of "genomic islands of divergence"? -- 4.3. Species complexes: congruence between species trees and gene trees -- 4.4. Supraspecific ranks: phylogeny, genome and morphome -- 4.5. Conclusion -- 4.6. Acknowledgments -- 4.7. References.
5 Dealing with Multiple Environments: The Challenges of the Trypanosome Lifecycle -- 5.1. Human African trypanosomiasis, the disease -- 5.2. Cell biology of Trypanosoma brucei -- 5.3. Survival and maturation of T. brucei in the tsetse vector -- 5.4. Adaptations of T. brucei to the mammalian host -- 5.5. Conclusion -- 5.6. References -- 6 Challenges Inherent in the Systematics and Taxonomy of Genera that have Recently Experienced Explosive Radiation: The Case of Orchids of the Genus Ophrys -- 6.1. Introduction -- 6.2. Speciation in Ophrys: an evolutionary divergence seen as a reticulated continuum -- 6.2.1. Difficulty in applying the biological concept of the species in the case of Ophrys -- 6.2.2. Causes of reproductive isolation in Ophrys -- 6.2.3. Consequences of the implementation of reproductive isolation in the particular case of the genus Ophrys -- 6.3. Current state of knowledge on Ophrys systematics -- 6.3.1. Molecular systematics: overview of current knowledge -- 6.3.2. Molecular systematics in the age of phylogenomics -- 6.4. Integrative genomics and taxonomy: perspectives and issues -- 6.4.1. Moving towards a generalization of data sets at the genomic scale -- 6.4.2. Integrative taxonomy approach -- 6.5. Conclusion -- 6.6. Acknowledgments -- 6.7. References -- 7 Exploration and Origins of Biodiversity in Madagascar: The Message of Ferns -- 7.1. Introduction -- 7.2. Madagascar: a complex biogeographical context -- 7.2.1. An insular continental territory that is not so isolated -- 7.2.2. Gradients, ecosystem diversity and biodiversity -- 7.3. Ferns and lycophytes: an ideal model for the biogeography of Madagascar -- 7.4. Origins of the lineages of ferns in Madagascar -- 7.4.1. Multiple long-distance dispersions -- 7.4.2. The Neotropics: a non-exclusive but preponderant role -- 7.4.3. Africa: a truly minimal role or an underestimated role?. 7.5. The example of Rumohra: dispersions to Madagascar and around the world -- 7.6. Conclusion -- 7.7. References -- 8 Mediterranean and Atlantic Algae, a Fraternal Relationship? -- 8.1. Introduction -- 8.1.1. Seaweeds -- 8.1.2. The systematics of algae -- 8.1.3. Algae distribution on a global scale -- 8.1.4. Seaweeds on the Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts -- 8.1.5. Challenge of the study -- 8.2. Materials and methods -- 8.2.1. Sampling strategy -- 8.2.2. Acquisition of molecular data -- 8.2.3. Analysis of phylogenetic relationships between Atlantic and Mediterranean specimens -- 8.3. Results -- 8.4. Discussion -- 8.5. Acknowledgments -- 8.6. References -- 9 Ontogeny and Evolution of the Hyperorgan of Delphinieae -- 9.1. Introduction -- 9.2. Synorganization: a concept, definitions -- 9.2.1. Adolf Remane and the synorganization of animal structures -- 9.2.2. A concept adopted by botanists, and by flower specialists in particular -- 9.2.3. A concept to be limited organically, and to be placed in a phylogenetic framework -- 9.3. Ontogeny and evolution of the hyperorgan of Delphinieae -- 9.3.1. Disparity of the hyperorgan in the tribe -- 9.3.2. Ontogeny of the synorganized structure -- 9.3.3. Evolving trends and convergences -- 9.4. The study of synorganization in evolutionary biology -- 9.4.1. Lessons learned from the synorganization study -- 9.4.2. Scientometrics to measure the impact of the concept of synorganization in evolutionary biology -- 9.4.3. Synchronization, integration, co-adaptation, redundant concepts? -- 9.5. Conclusion -- 9.6. Acknowledgments -- 9.7. References -- 10 Identification of Interspecific Chromosomal Homologies: Chromosomal Microdissection and Chromosomal Painting in Antarctic Teleosts Nototheniidae -- 10.1. Introduction -- 10.1.1. Homologies, painting and chromosomal microdissection -- 10.1.2. ICH research in Nototheniidae. 10.2. Materials and methods -- 10.2.1. Materials -- 10.2.2. Methods -- 10.3. Results -- 10.3.1. Microdissection -- 10.3.2. Painting -- 10.4. Discussion -- 10.4.1. Technical aspects developed and prospects for improvement of the painting signal -- 10.4.2. The largest pair of chromosomes of T. pennellii, the product of two chromosomal fusions (roberstonian and tandem) -- 10.5. Conclusion -- 10.6. References -- List of Authors -- Index -- Other titles from iSTE in Biology and Biomedical Engineering -- EULA. |
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