Quantitative Biology

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[5] viXra:1502.0252 [pdf] submitted on 2015-02-28 12:29:28

Thioredoxin Reductase: Selenotetrapeptide Sequences with Specificity for Thioredoxin and Glutathione Systems

Authors: Mark R. Brenneman
Comments: 4 Pages.

substrate specificities for the thioredoxin (Trx) system which consists of native Trx and the respective cytosolic mitochondrial thioredoxin reductase (TrxR) enzymes
Category: Quantitative Biology

[4] viXra:1502.0211 [pdf] submitted on 2015-02-22 15:35:54

On the Completeness of Genetic Code: Part Vii

Authors: Miloje M. Rakocevic
Comments: 13 Pages. This is seventh Part of the work

In this seventh part of the work on the completeness of the genetic code, we present further relationships of different variants of Genetic Code Table and modified Rumer Table of nucleotide doublets within genetic code.
Category: Quantitative Biology

[3] viXra:1502.0123 [pdf] submitted on 2015-02-15 14:54:48

Another Attack on Evolution, Rationality and Civilization. a Review of Nowak and Highfield ‘SuperCooperators’(2012)

Authors: Michael Starks
Comments: 5 Pages.

Nowak is (or was) a respected Harvard professor of mathematical biology with numerous well regarded publications. Sadly, he has chosen to launch an arrogant attack on science motivated by religious fervor. His recent actions show the evil consequences when universities accept money from religious groups, science journals are so awed by big names that they avoid proper peer review, and egos are permitted to get out of control. Most of this book is good, but it repeats the utterly misconceived attacks on inclusive fitness in favor of group selection which he and his much more famous Harvard colleague E.O.Wilson have been making the last 5 years, so it is on that chapter of the book that I will concentrate. This takes us into the nature of evolution, the basics of scientific methodology, how math relates to science, what constitutes a law or a theory, and what attitudes to religion and generosity are appropriate as we inexorably approach the collapse of industrial civilization.
Category: Quantitative Biology

[2] viXra:1502.0063 [pdf] submitted on 2015-02-08 23:09:13

Altruism, Jesus and the End of the World—how the Templeton Foundation Bought a Harvard Professorship and Attacked Evolution, Rationality and Civilization. a Review of E.o. Wilson 'the Social Conquest of Earth' (2012) and Nowak ‘SuperCooperators'(2012)

Authors: Michael Starks
Comments: 5 Pages.

Famous ant-man E.O. Wilson has always been one of my heros--not only an outstanding biologist, but one of the tiny and vanishing minority of intellectuals who at least dares to hint at the truth about our nature that others fail to grasp, or insofar as they do grasp, studiously avoid for of political expedience. Sadly, he is ending his long career in a most sordid fashion as a party to an ignorant and arrogant attack on science motivated at least in part by religious fervor. It shows the vile consequences when universities accept money from religious groups, science journals are so awed by big names that they avoid proper peer review, and when egos are permitted to get out of control. It takes us into the nature of evolution, the basics of scientific methodology, how math relates to science, what constitutes a theory, and even what attitudes to religion and generosity are appropriate as we inexorably approach the collapse of industrial civilization.
Category: Quantitative Biology

[1] viXra:1502.0041 [pdf] submitted on 2015-02-04 15:36:39

On the Completeness of Genetic Code: Part vi

Authors: Miloje M. Rakocevic
Comments: 4 Pages. The sixth Part of the work

In this sixth part of the work on the completeness of the genetic code, we present further relationships within Rumer Table and modified Rumer Table of nucleotide doublets within genetic code.
Category: Quantitative Biology