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BP: Fachverband Biologische Physik

BP 19: Focus Session: Dynamics of Adaptive Networks (joint with SOE and DY)

BP 19.8: Topical Talk

Wednesday, March 13, 2013, 11:30–12:00, H37

Bio-molecular Networks: Structure, Function, Evolution — •Michael Lässig — Institut für theoretische Physik, Universität zu Köln

In biological systems, networks exist at multiple levels. One is structure: components of a system are linked because they are close in space. An example is the adjacency of amino acids in a protein. Another level is function: components are linked because they do something together, such as the genes in a regulatory or metabolic network. In this talk, I discuss how structure and function networks shape the evolutionary dynamics of organisms and species - and conversely, how evolutionary observations can uncover underlying functional networks. I use two examples: the evolutionary properties of gene regulatory networks and the evolution of the human influenza virus.