[Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology] Evolutionary Systems Biology Volume 751 || Metabolic Networks and Their Evolution

✍ Scribed by Soyer, Orkun S.

• Book ID: 115439064
• Publisher: Springer New York
• Year: 2012
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 435 KB
• Edition: 2012
• Category: Article
• ISBN: 1461435676
• DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-3567-9_2

✦ Synopsis

The book aims to introduce the reader to the emerging field of Evolutionary Systems Biology, which approaches classical systems biology questions within an evolutionary framework. An evolutionary approach might allow understanding the significance of observed diversity, uncover “evolutionary design principles” and extend predictions made in model organisms to others. In addition, evolutionary systems biology can generate new insights into the adaptive landscape by combining molecular systems biology models and evolutionary simulations. This insight can enable the development of more detailed mechanistic evolutionary hypotheses.