Information theory, scaling laws and the thermodynamics of evolution

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 192, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 545-559

  Wallace, Rodrick ^a,b   Wallace, Robert G ^c,d  

^a Public Interest Scientific Consulting Service Inc   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; GENETIC SELECTION; INFORMATION SCIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0032555058     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.1998.0680     Document Type: Article

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