Index

401

G

Gel electrophoresis, 278

Gene, 184

Gene expression profile, 314, 326, 362

Generalized union, 102

Gene structure, 184

Genetic algorithm, 37

Genetic code, 80

Genetic linkage, 181

Genome, 184

Genome structure, 184

Genome variation, 200

Genome-wide association, 360

Genon, 184

Geological eras, 42

Gradualism, 31

Graph, 145

G-value paradox, 188

H

Hamming distance, 34, 64, 257, 262, 266

Haploidy, 181

Haplotype, 190, 356, 359, 360

Hardy–Weinberg rule, 181

Hartley index, 52

Heliograph, 78

Heterogeneity, 190

Hidden Markov model, 19, 126, 263, 285,

355

Hierarchicality, 25

Hierarchy, 50, 149

Higher-order Markov process, 59

Histone, 191, 204

Holliday junction, 199

Homeotic genes, 213

Homologous recombination, 198

Homology, 13, 256

Hybridization, 272

Hydrogen bond, 220, 321

Hydrophobic effect, 321

Hypergeometric distribution, 109

Hyperspheres, 161

Hypotheses, 56, 111

I

Immune repertoire, 194

Immune system, 67, 198

Implicit meaning, 12, 66

Imprinting, 184

Incompressibility, 122

Information generation, 55, 152

Information reception, 152

Information science, 49

Information theory, 49

Instability, 142

Integration, 23

Interactome, 314

Intergenomic sequence, 186

Intersection, 93, 101

Intron, 186

Invasion, 29, 36

Inverse probability, 112

J

Joint algorithmic complexity, 133

K

Kinetic mass action law, 320

Kolmogorov complexity, 124, 131

Kolmogorov information, 57

Kullback–Leibler divergence, 61

Kullback–Leibler relative entropy, 85

L

Lateral gene transfer, 267

Leading indicators, 242

Lewis acid, 220

Lewis acid–base interaction, 321

Lewis base, 220

Life, 173

Lifshitz–van der Waals force, 321

Likelihood ratio, 113

Linear discriminant analysis, 163

Linguistics, 263

Logical depth, 63, 134

Logical indeterminacy, 57

Logistic equation, 141

Logon, 57

Lotka–Volterra model, 242

Lyapunov number, 151, 152

M

Machine with input, 19

Mandelbrot coding, 83

Markov chain, 142, 263

Markov chain Monte Carlo, 126

Markovian machine, 19

Markov process, 59

Mass action law, 319

Mass spectrometry, 281

Maximum entropy, 168

Meaning, 65, 134

Meiosis, 182