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Design in nature : learning from trees.
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ISBN: 364258747X 3540629378 9783540629375 Year: 1998 Publisher: Berlin Springer

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The chicken bone which you nibbled and threw away yesterday was a high-tech product! In fact it was a superlative light-weight design functionally adapted to the mechanical requirements. No engineer in the world has as yet been able to copy this structural member, which is excellently optimized in its external shape and its internal architecture as regards minimum weight and maximum strength. The tree trunk on which you recently carved your initials has also over the course of its life, steadily improved its internal and external structure and adapted itself optimally to new loads. In the course of its biomechanical self-optimization, it will heal the notch you cut as speedily as possible, in order to repair even the smallest weak point, which might otherwise cost it its life in the next storm. This book is dedicated to the understanding of this biomechanical optimization of shape. And not only that: With the knowledge of these perfect processes of self-optimization in nature, techniques for the improvement of mechanical structural members could be developed. Industry already uses them. Nature shows us the way to eco-design, to machines in accordance with nature's laws governing structures and shapes. CLAUS MATTHECK: Born in Dresden, Germany in 1947. Study of physics in Dresden, PhD in theoretical physics in 1973. Habilitation in the field of damage control in 1985. Lectures on biomechanics at the University of Karlsruhe. Head of the Department of Biomechanics of the Research Centre in Karlsruhe, where the results described in this book were obtained. Several awards in science and literature.

Multivariate analysis of ecological data using CANOCO
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ISBN: 0511078188 1280419784 9786610419784 0511179367 0511203322 051133074X 0511615140 0511076614 1107133580 9780511078187 9780511179365 9780511615146 9780511076619 052181409X 9781280419782 0521891086 0511075073 9780521814096 9780521891080 9780511075070 Year: 2003 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,

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This book is primarily written for ecologists needing to analyse data resulting from field observations and experiments. It will be particularly useful for students and researchers dealing with complex ecological problems, such as the variation of biotic communities with environmental conditions or the response of biotic communities to experimental manipulation. Following a simple introduction to ordination methods, the text focuses on constrained ordination methods (RDA, CCA) and the use of permutation tests on statistical hypotheses of multivariate data. An overview of classification methods, or modern regression methods (GLM, GAM, loess), is provided and guidance on the correct interpretation of ordination diagrams is given. Seven case studies of varying difficulty help to illustrate the suggested analytical methods, using the Canoco for Windows software. The case studies utilise both the descriptive and manipulative approaches, and they are supported by data sets and project files available from the book website.

Phylogenetic trees made easy : a how-to manual for molecular biologists
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ISBN: 0878933115 9780878933112 Year: 2001 Publisher: Sunderland Sinauer Associates


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The R book
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ISBN: 9780470973929 Year: 2013 Publisher: Chichester Wiley

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"Hugely successful and popular text presenting an extensive and comprehensive guide for all R users The R language is recognized as one of the most powerful and flexible statistical software packages, enabling users to apply many statistical techniques that would be impossible without such software to help implement such large data sets. R has become an essential tool for understanding and carrying out research.This edition: Features full colour text and extensive graphics throughout. Introduces a clear structure with numbered section headings to help readers locate information more efficiently. Looks at the evolution of R over the past five years. Features a new chapter on Bayesian Analysis and Meta-Analysis. Presents a fully revised and updated bibliography and reference section. Is supported by an accompanying website allowing examples from the text to be run by the user. Praise for the first edition:'...if you are an R user or wannabe R user, this text is the one that should be on your shelf. The breadth of topics covered is unsurpassed when it comes to texts on data analysis in R.' (The American Statistician, August 2008)'The High-level software language of R is setting standards in quantitative analysis. And now anybody can get to grips with it thanks to The R Book...' (Professional Pensions, July 2007) "-- "This edition introduces the advantages of the R environment, in a user-friendly format, to beginners and intermediate users in a range of disciplines, from science and engineering to medicine and economics"--

The phylogenetic handbook : A practical approach to DNA and protein phylogeny.
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ISBN: 9780521803908 052180390X Year: 2003 Publisher: Cambridge Cambridge university press

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The Phylogentic Handbook is a broad introduction to the theory and practice of nucleotide and amino acid phylogenetic analysis. As a unique feature of this book, each chapter contains an extensive practical section, in which step-by-step exercises on real data sets introduce the reader to the most widely-used phylogeny software including CLUSTAL, PHYLIP, PAUP*, DAMBE, TREE-PUZZLE, TREECON, SplitsTree, TreeView, SimPlot, and BOOTSCANNING. Chapters 1-10 provide a strong background in basic topics such as the use of sequence databases, alignment algorithms, tree-building methods, estimation of genetic distances, and testing models of evolution. Additional chapters briefly survey special topics in evolution, for example modelling evolution with networks, studying recombination, testing for positive selection, and methods in population genetics. The book will be an invaluable resource for advanced level undergraduate and graduate students, as well as for professionals working in the fields of molecular biology and evolution.

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Systematics. Taxonomy. Nomenclature --- Evolution. Phylogeny --- Analyse cladistique --- Acide aminé --- Phylogénie --- Valeur génétique --- breeding value --- Amino Acid Sequence. --- 575.852 --- 577.212.3 --- -Proteins --- Deoxyribonucleic acid --- Desoxyribonucleic acid --- Thymonucleic acid --- TNA (Nucleic acid) --- Deoxyribose --- Cladism --- Cladistic method --- Cladistic taxonomy --- Cladistics --- Cladograms --- Phylogenetic systematics --- Phylogenetic taxonomy --- Taxonomy, Cladistic --- Taxonomy, Phylogenetic --- Branching processes --- Amino Acid Sequences --- Sequence, Amino Acid --- Sequences, Amino Acid --- Protein Structure, Primary --- Primary Protein Structure --- Primary Protein Structures --- Protein Structures, Primary --- Structure, Primary Protein --- Structures, Primary Protein --- Phylogenies --- Phylogeography --- Biomacromolecules. Molecular evolution --- Nucleic acid base and sequence compositon. Experimental deciphering of genetic code. --- 577.212.3 Nucleic acid base and sequence compositon. Experimental deciphering of genetic code. --- 575.852 Biomacromolecules. Molecular evolution --- DNA phylogeny --- Cladistic analysis --- DNA --- Proteins --- Amino Acid Sequence --- Phylogeny --- Academic collection --- 575.86 --- 577.112 --- Classification --- Peptides --- Proteids --- Biomolecules --- Polypeptides --- Proteomics --- Nucleic acids --- Genes --- Biology --- 577.112 Proteins --- 575.86 Origin of groups of organisms (taxa). Phylogeny --- Origin of groups of organisms (taxa). Phylogeny --- Analysis --- analysis --- Nucleic acid base and sequence compositon. Experimental deciphering of genetic code --- Phylogenomics --- Phylogenomic --- Amino acids --- Évolution --- evolution --- taxonomy --- Identification --- identification --- computer applications --- Computer software --- ADN --- Protéines --- Handbooks, manuals, etc. --- Analyse --- Guides, manuels, etc. --- evolution. --- identification. --- Community Phylogenetics --- Molecular Phylogenetics --- Phylogenetic Analyses --- Phylogenetic Analysis --- Phylogenetic Clustering --- Phylogenetic Comparative Analysis --- Phylogenetic Comparative Methods --- Phylogenetic Distance --- Phylogenetic Generalized Least Squares --- Phylogenetic Groups --- Phylogenetic Incongruence --- Phylogenetic Inference --- Phylogenetic Networks --- Phylogenetic Reconstruction --- Phylogenetic Relatedness --- Phylogenetic Relationships --- Phylogenetic Signal --- Phylogenetic Structure --- Phylogenetic Tree --- Phylogenetic Trees --- Analyse, Phylogenetic --- Analysis, Phylogenetic --- Analysis, Phylogenetic Comparative --- Clustering, Phylogenetic --- Community Phylogenetic --- Comparative Analysis, Phylogenetic --- Comparative Method, Phylogenetic --- Distance, Phylogenetic --- Group, Phylogenetic --- Incongruence, Phylogenetic --- Inference, Phylogenetic --- Method, Phylogenetic Comparative --- Molecular Phylogenetic --- Network, Phylogenetic --- Phylogenetic Analyse --- Phylogenetic Clusterings --- Phylogenetic Comparative Analyses --- Phylogenetic Comparative Method --- Phylogenetic Distances --- Phylogenetic Group --- Phylogenetic Incongruences --- Phylogenetic Inferences --- Phylogenetic Network --- Phylogenetic Reconstructions --- Phylogenetic Relatednesses --- Phylogenetic Relationship --- Phylogenetic Signals --- Phylogenetic Structures --- Phylogenetic, Community --- Phylogenetic, Molecular --- Reconstruction, Phylogenetic --- Relatedness, Phylogenetic --- Relationship, Phylogenetic --- Signal, Phylogenetic --- Structure, Phylogenetic --- Tree, Phylogenetic --- DNA - Analysis - Handbooks, manuals, etc. --- Proteins - Analysis - Handbooks, manuals, etc. --- Cladistic analysis - Handbooks, manuals, etc. --- Clustal --- Phylip --- Paup --- Dambe --- Tree-puzzle --- Trecon --- Splittree --- Treview --- Megaz --- Palm --- Simplot --- PROTEINS --- CLADISTIC ANALYSIS --- HANDBOOKS --- ANALYSIS

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