Current developments in mathematical biology : proceedings of the Conference on Mathematical Biology and Dynamical Systems : the University of Texas at Tyler, 7-9 October 2005

This volume is a collection of papers on various areas of current interest in mathematical biology, such as epidemic disease modeling, including the effects of vaccination and strain replacement; immunology, such as T-Cell dynamics and the mechanism of phagocytosis; knot theory; DNA computation; and Boolean networks. Content: Methylation of DNA may be Useful as a Computational Tool: Experimental Evidence (S Gal et al.) Dynamics of Random Boolean Networks (J F Lynch) Unknots and DNA (L H Kauffman & S Lambropoulou) Developing a Mathematical Model of Phagocytosis: A Learning Process (N Macura et al.) An Age Structured Model of T-Cell Populations (B Kohler) Modeling and Simulation of Age- and Space-Structured Biological Systems (B P Ayati) Nutrient-Plankton Interaction with a Toxin in a Variable Input Nutrient Environment (S R-J Jang & J Baglama) On the Mechanism of Strain Replacement in Epidemic Models with Vaccination (M Martcheva).