6.891 Computational Evolutionary Biology, Fall 2004
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Author(s)
Berwick, Robert
Alternative Title
Computational Evolutionary Biology
Date Issued
December 2004
Abstract
Why has it been easier to develop a vaccine to eliminate polio than to control influenza or AIDS? Has there been natural selection for a 'language gene'? Why are there no animals with wheels? When does 'maximizing fitness' lead to evolutionary extinction? How are sex and parasites related? Why don't snakes eat grass? Why don't we have eyes in the back of our heads? How does modern genomics illustrate and challenge the field? This course analyzes evolution from a computational, modeling, and engineering perspective. The course has extensive hands-on laboratory exercises in model-building and analyzing evolutionary data.
Subjects
evolution from a computational
modeling
and engineering perspective
analyzing evolutionary data
vaccine
polio
influenza
AIDS
evolutionary extinction
sex
parasites
modern genomics
polio vaccine
hands-on
evolution from a computational, modeling, and engineering perspective
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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