Kauffman, S. A. (1993). The origins of order. Self-organization and selection in evolution. Oxford University Press. New York.

Índex

1. Conceptual outline of current evolutionary theory

Part I. Adaptation on the edge of chaos

1. The structure of rugged fitness landscapes
2. Biological implications of rugged fitness landscapes
3. The structure of adaptive landscapes underlying protein evolution.
4. Self-organization and adaptation in complex systems.
5. The dynamics of coevolving systems.

Part II. The crystallization of life.

1. The origins of life: A New View.
2. The origin of a connected metabolism.
3. Hypercycles and coding.
4. Random grammars: Models of functional integration and transformation.

Part III. Order and ontogeny.

1. The architecture of genetic regulatory circuits and its evolution.
2. Differentiation: The Dynamical Behaviors of genetic regulatory networks.
3. Selection for cell types.
4. Morphology, maps, and the spatial ordering of integrated tissues.
5. Epilogue.
6. Bibliography.