Bøger af Steven A. Frank

A comprehensive synthesis of parasite variation at the molecular, population, and evolutionary levels, this book is suitable for students and researchers throughout biology and biomedicine. It uses an evolutionary perspective to meld the terms and findings of molecular biology, immunology, pathogen biology, and population dynamics.

Treats one of the central problems in evolutionary biology, the evolution of social cooperation and conflict. This book tackles the problem with an original combination of approaches: game theory, classical models of natural selection, quantitative genetics, and kin selection.

Software code used to produce all examples and graphics, illustrates key concepts and forms basis for tutorial on control theory programming in Mathematica.

Provides a conceptual and historical framework for understanding the causes of cancer and other diseases that increase with age. This book interprets various observations on the age of cancer onset, the genetic and environmental causes of disease, and the organization of tissues with regard to stem cell biology and somatic mutation.