ISBN: 9780197846001 - populations of individuals: understanding biological variation from molecules to ecosystems (10 resultados)

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Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Variation is an inherent component of biology, essential to selection among alternatives during evolution. It is most often associated with genetic variation, or differences among the genes encoded in the DNA inherited from ancestors. Individual organisms receive their genomes from a clonal parent or from the union of gametes. All subsequent cells, tissues, and organs developed from a clone or sexual union carry the same genome, but they exhibit the ability to develop into the diversity of cell types present in the organism. Such variation is influenced by both developmental and environmental factors, often referred to as being due to 'instability' or 'noise.'This book argues that the degree to which individual organisms adapt to this 'noise' is dependent on their sensitivities to these developmental or environmental factors. Focusing on their sensitivity thresholds enables the individuals to be grouped into populations that automatically respond to signal inputs. These sensitivity thresholds tend to vary among individuals in a normal distribution, such that as the factor level increases, more of the individuals are recruited to respond as their thresholds are exceeded. In addition, the amount by which the factor level increases above the threshold determines the speed of the response. The author, Kent Bradford, terms this method of grouping populations the 'population-based threshold' (PBT) model. Populations of Individuals illustrates with examples from each level of biological complexity that this underlying principle can replace instability and noise with a coherent and mathematically consistent description of stable variation observed across the breadth of biology. This viewpoint and model are particularly relevant today, when methods for investigating individual molecules, nuclei, organelles, and cells are available. The PBT model indicates that viewing such variation as being due to multiple subpopulations based on their threshold sensitivities is both simpler and more consistent with the available data.…

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Hardcover. Condición: new. Hardcover. Variation is an inherent component of biology, essential to selection among alternatives during evolution. It is most often associated with genetic variation, or differences among the genes encoded in the DNA inherited from ancestors. Individual organisms receive their genomes from a clonal parent or from the union of gametes. All subsequent cells, tissues, and organs developed from a clone or sexual union carry the same genome, but they exhibit the ability todevelop into the diversity of cell types present in the organism. Such variation is influenced by both developmental and environmental factors, often referred to as being due to 'instability' or'noise.'This book argues that the degree to which individual organisms adapt to this 'noise' is dependent on their sensitivities to these developmental or environmental factors. Focusing on their sensitivity thresholds enables the individuals to be grouped into populations that automatically respond to signal inputs. These sensitivity thresholds tend to vary among individuals in a normal distribution, such that as the factor level increases, more of the individuals arerecruited to respond as their thresholds are exceeded. In addition, the amount by which the factor level increases above the threshold determines the speed of the response. The author, Kent Bradford,terms this method of grouping populations the 'population-based threshold' (PBT) model.Populations of Individuals illustrates with examples from each level of biological complexity that this underlying principle can replace instability and noise with a coherent and mathematically consistent description of stable variation observed across the breadth of biology. This viewpoint and model are particularly relevant today, when methods for investigating individualmolecules, nuclei, organelles, and cells are available. The PBT model indicates that viewing such variation as being due to multiple subpopulations based on their threshold sensitivities is both simpler and moreconsistent with the available data. Populations of Individuals introduces a new perspective on biological variation beyond genetics. By examining sensitivity thresholds, it groups individuals into responsive populations. This threshold-based approach offers a foundational method for understanding non-genetic variation in biology. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Hardcover. Condición: new. Hardcover. Variation is an inherent component of biology, essential to selection among alternatives during evolution. It is most often associated with genetic variation, or differences among the genes encoded in the DNA inherited from ancestors. Individual organisms receive their genomes from a clonal parent or from the union of gametes. All subsequent cells, tissues, and organs developed from a clone or sexual union carry the same genome, but they exhibit the ability todevelop into the diversity of cell types present in the organism. Such variation is influenced by both developmental and environmental factors, often referred to as being due to 'instability' or'noise.'This book argues that the degree to which individual organisms adapt to this 'noise' is dependent on their sensitivities to these developmental or environmental factors. Focusing on their sensitivity thresholds enables the individuals to be grouped into populations that automatically respond to signal inputs. These sensitivity thresholds tend to vary among individuals in a normal distribution, such that as the factor level increases, more of the individuals arerecruited to respond as their thresholds are exceeded. In addition, the amount by which the factor level increases above the threshold determines the speed of the response. The author, Kent Bradford,terms this method of grouping populations the 'population-based threshold' (PBT) model.Populations of Individuals illustrates with examples from each level of biological complexity that this underlying principle can replace instability and noise with a coherent and mathematically consistent description of stable variation observed across the breadth of biology. This viewpoint and model are particularly relevant today, when methods for investigating individualmolecules, nuclei, organelles, and cells are available. The PBT model indicates that viewing such variation as being due to multiple subpopulations based on their threshold sensitivities is both simpler and moreconsistent with the available data. Populations of Individuals introduces a new perspective on biological variation beyond genetics. By examining sensitivity thresholds, it groups individuals into responsive populations. This threshold-based approach offers a foundational method for understanding non-genetic variation in biology. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…