Evolutionary Dynamics {ReadingNotes}

Evolutionary Dynamics : Exploring the Equations of Life by Martin A. Nowak - ISBN 0674023382 - Harvard University Press 2006

Motivation

Watching Evolutionary Dynamics of Harvard Science Center Research Lecture Series 2006

Pre-reading model

Draw a schema (using PmGraphViz or another solution) of the situation of the area in the studied domain before having read the book.

Reading

• Preface
  • "Evolutionary Dynamics presents those mathematical principles according to which life has evolved and continues to evolve." (p.ix)
  • "Wherever information reproduces, there is evolution." (p.ix)
  • "In this book, the languages of biology and mathematics meet to talk about "evolution. (p.x)
• 1 Introduction
  • structure of the book chapter by chapter page 4 to 7
• 2 What Evolution Is
  • "This chapter introduces three basic building blocks of evolutionary dynamics: replication, selection, and mutation." (p9)
  • Simplex and its Applications on Wikipedia
• 3 Fitness Landscapes and Sequence Spaces
  • (p27)
• 4 Evolutionary Games
  • (p45)
• 5 Prisoners of the Dilemma
  • (p71)
• 6 Finite Populations
  • (p93)
• 7 Games in Finite Populations
  • (p107)
• 8 Evolutionary Graph Theory
  • (p123)
• 9 Spatial Games
  • (p145)
• 10 HIV Infection
  • (p167)
• 11 Evolution of Virulence
  • (p189)
• 12 Evolutionary Dynamics of Cancer
  • (p209)
• 13 Language Evolution
  • (p249)
• 14 Conclusion
  • (p287)

See also

• Wikipedia:Logistic function the most common sigmoid curve
• Programming for Peace Computer-Aided Methods for International Conflict Resolution and Prevention, Springer 2006
• Evolutionary dynamics on graphs by Christoph Hauert, 2004
• Jim Crutchfield's Research Communications Dynamics of Evolutionary Processes section Evolutionary Dynamics---Exploring the Interplay of Selection, Neutrality, Accident, and Function
• Some Equations and Games in Evolutionary Biology by Christine Taylor, Institute for Advanced Study February 2011
• Leslie Valiant's paper on Evolvability, J. Assoc. Computing Machinery 2009 with a mention of Martin Nowak in the acknowledgements

Overall remarks and questions

• mentions of Ronald Fisher's work

Synthesis

So in the end, it was about X and was based on Y.

Critics

Point A, B and C are debatable because of e, f and j.

Vocabulary

(:new_vocabulary_start:) oncogene (:new_vocabulary_end:)

Post-reading model

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