Every living organism on Earth ghts for its existence (food, light, territory, and shelter) and for its successful reproduction.This eort is called the struggle for survival. In this battle, only the most successful organisms survive, a fact that is termed natural selection. An additional fact of life is that in the process of reproduction there […]
Applications of Information Theory to Biology (author : T. Gregory Dewey)Information theory offers a number of fertile applications to biology. These
applications range from statistical inference to foundational issues. There are a
number of statistical analysis tools that can be considered information theoretical
techniques. Such techniques have been the topic of PSB session tracks in 1998 and
1999.
