We'll use the following:
We'll start with PAO, which indexes some 1500 'general' periodicals. The great advantage is its ready access (via Annie terminals) and familiar interface; its main limitations are
You searched for the WORD: chaos biology Periodical Abstracts
14 entries found, entries 1-8 are: APPEARS IN DATE
1 Mathematics : Nonlinear dynamics and Choice Oct 94
2 General biology : Complexity, Chaos, Quarterly Review of Biolo Sep 93
3 Chaos, population biology, and epidem Human Biology Aug 93
4 An orderly progression out of chaos New Scientist Jun 93
5 Loose coupling of predator-prey cycle American Naturalist May 93
6 Sciences : Complexity: Life at the Library Journal Dec 92
7 NIH : Out of Chaos, a Master Plan? Science Feb 92
8 Books : Complexity: Life at the Edg Science News Jan 92
9 Chaos in Time and Space Nature Sep 91
10 Spatial Structure and Chaos in Insect Nature Sep 91
11 Chaos in a Three-Species Food Chain Ecology Jun 91
12 Chaos in Living Systems Science Feb 89
13 Ecologists Flirt with Chaos Science Jan 89
14 Chaos Illumined Nature Mar 88
AUTHOR Jensen, Roderick V.
TITLE General biology : Complexity, Chaos, and Biological Evolution
(Proceedings of a workshop held in Hindsgavl, Denmark, 6-10
August 1990. NATO Advanced Science Institutes Series B:
Physics, Volume 270) edited by Erik Mosekilde and Lis
Mosekilde.
APPEARS IN Quarterly Review of Biology 1993, v68n3, Sep p. 422.
SUMMARY Review.
Leyburn Library PERIODICALS
LIB HAS: 1(1926)-
AUTHOR Philippe, P.
TITLE Chaos, population biology, and epidemiology : Some research
implications.
APPEARS IN Human Biology 1993, v65n4, Aug p. 525-546.
SUBJECT Biology.
Disease.
Chaos theory.
LEYBURN PERIODICALS
LIB HAS: W&L 1- 1929-
AUTHOR Lewin, Roger.
TITLE An orderly progression out of chaos : The Origins of Order:
Self-Organization and Selection in Evolution by Stuart A.
Kauffman.
APPEARS IN New Scientist 1993, v138n1876, Jun 5, p. 46.
SUMMARY Review.
Leyburn Library PERIODICALS
LIB HAS: 103(1984)-
(Roger Lewin is the author of Complexity: Life at the Edge of Chaos
[reviewed below], which describes Kauffman's work in considerable detail)
AUTHOR Vandermeer, John.
TITLE Loose coupling of predator-prey cycles : Entrainment, chaos, and
intermittency in the classic MacArthur consumer-resource
equations.
APPEARS IN American Naturalist 1993, v141n5, May p. 687-716.
SUMMARY The behavior of the classic MacArthur consumer-resource equations
is explored after relaxing the implicit assumption of no limit
cycles. As the level of connectedness increases, the sequence
of period doubling is observed that leads to a chaotic
attractor.
SUBJECT Research.
Predation.
Chaos theory.
Mathematics.
Biology.
Leyburn Library PERIODICALS
LIB HAS: ...03),41(1907),47(1913)-74(1940),79(1945),104(1970),105(1971)-
AUTHOR Williams, Connie.
TITLE Books : Complexity: Life at the Edge of Chaos by Roger Lewin.
APPEARS IN Science News 1992, v142n23, Dec 5, p. 386.
SUMMARY Review.
SUBJECT Nonfiction.
Chaos theory.
Leyburn Library PERIODICALS
LIB HAS: 89(1966)-128(1985) (Current issues retained til m-film rec'd)
AUTHOR Ives, Anthony R.
TITLE Chaos in Time and Space.
APPEARS IN Nature 1991, v353n6341, Sep 19, p. 214-215.
SUMMARY Researchers show that simple interactions among species may lead
not only to chaotic fluctuations through time but also to
chaotic patterns in space where population booms and busts
happen in a seemingly random pattern.
SUBJECT Biology.
Leyburn Library PERIODICALS
LIB HAS: 46(1892)-51(1894/95),53(1895/96)-103(1919),183(1959)-
AUTHOR Hassell, Michael P.
TITLE Spatial Structure and Chaos in Insect Population Dynamics.
APPEARS IN Nature 1991, v353n6341, Sep 19, p. 255-258.
SUMMARY Results of a study of mathematical models for host-parasitoid
interactions, where in each generation specified fractions of
the host and parasitoid subpopulations in each patch move to
adjacent patches, are presented.
SUBJECT Biology.
AUTHOR Hastings, Alan.
TITLE Chaos in a Three-Species Food Chain.
APPEARS IN Ecology 1991, v72n3, Jun p. 896-903.
SUMMARY A continuous time model of a food chain incorporating nonlinear
functional responses exhibits chaotic dynamics in long-term
behavior when biologically reasonable parameter values are
chosen. The appearance of chaos in this model suggests that
chaotic dynamics may be common in natural food webs.
Leyburn Library PERIODICALS
LIB HAS: 40(1959)-
AUTHOR Schaffer, W M.
TITLE Chaos in Living Systems.
APPEARS IN Science 1989, v243n4891, Feb 3, p. 675-676.
SUMMARY W M Schaffer reviews "From Clocks to Chaos: The Rhythms of Life"
by Leon Glass and Michael C. Mackey.
Leyburn Library PERIODICALS
LIB HAS: ...(1895)-202(1978) (Current issues retained til m-film rec'd)
(From Clocks to Chaos was the fourth source that turned up from our Annie
search for chao* biolog*)
AUTHOR Pool, Robert.
TITLE Ecologists Flirt with Chaos.
APPEARS IN Science 1989, v243n4889, Jan 20, p. 310-313.
SUMMARY The relationship between population biology and theories of chaos
is examined. While it is uncertain whether or not biological
populations exhibit chaos, the search for this unusual type of
order is leading to new ways of thinking about ecology.
AUTHOR Dunn, Graham.
TITLE Chaos Illumined.
APPEARS IN Nature 1988, v332n6163, Mar 31, p. 406.
SUMMARY Graham Dunn reviews "Chaos in Biological Systems," edited by H.
Degn, A. V. Holden and L. F. Olsen.
Here are some TERMS that seem relevant to 'chaos biology', extracted from those PAO records and suggesting subjects I might profitably explore in more detail in this connection:
Let's see if we can broaden the search a bit by truncating:
WORD : chao* biolog* Periodical Abstracts
Expanding "CHAO*"(hit 's' to stop):
CHAO is in 50 titles.
CHAOBORUS is in 2 titles.
CHAOS is in 1102 titles.
CHAOTIC is in 121 titles.
CHAOTICLIKE is in 1 title.
CHAOTICS is in 1 title.
CHAOUIA is in 1 title.
CHAOVALIT is in 7 titles.
CHAOVALITS is in 1 title.
CHAOYANG is in 1 title.
CHAOYING is in 1 title.
CHAOZHU is in 1 title.
CHAO* is in 1250 titles.
Expanding "BIOLOG*"(hit 's' to stop):
BIOLOG is in 11 titles.
BIOLOGEN is in 1 title.
BIOLOGIA is in 1 title.
BIOLOGIC is in 36 titles.
BIOLOGICA is in 2 titles.
BIOLOGICAE is in 2 titles.
BIOLOGICAL is in 2288 titles.
You searched for the WORD: chao* biolog* Periodical Abstracts
18 entries found, entries 1-8 are: APPEARS IN DATE
1 Mathematics : Nonlinear dynamics and Choice Oct 94
* 2 Biological conditions for chaos in a Ecology Mar 94
3 General biology : Complexity, Chaos, Quarterly Review of Biolo Sep 93
4 Chaos, population biology, and epidem Human Biology Aug 93
* 5 Bookshelf : Methods in Nucleic Acids American Journal of Physi Jul 93
6 An orderly progression out of chaos New Scientist Jun 93
7 Loose coupling of predator-prey cycle American Naturalist May 93
8 Sciences : Complexity: Life at the Library Journal Dec 92
9 NIH : Out of Chaos, a Master Plan? Science Feb 92
* 10 Predator-Mediated Plasticity of Prey American Naturalist Feb 92
11 Books : Complexity: Life at the Edg Science News Jan 92
12 Chaos in Time and Space Nature Sep 91
13 Spatial Structure and Chaos in Insect Nature Sep 91
14 Chaos in a Three-Species Food Chain Ecology Jun 91
* 15 New Biological Software : CHAOS Plus Quarterly Review of Biolo Mar 91
16 Chaos in Living Systems Science Feb 89
17 Ecologists Flirt with Chaos Science Jan 89
18 Chaos Illumined Nature Mar 88
(The * marks those not in the original set, and at least in THIS case we
don't get much that adds greatly to what we already knew):
AUTHOR McCann, Kevin.
TITLE Biological conditions for chaos in a three-species food chain.
APPEARS IN Ecology 1994, v75n2, Mar p. 561-564.
SUMMARY The three-species food chain representing a chaotic population
system that was developed by Hastings and Powell is
discussed.
The parameter values used by Hastings and Powell are
biologically improbable.
You searched for the WORD: chao* biolog* Periodical Abstracts
AUTHOR Spitze, Ken.
TITLE Predator-Mediated Plasticity of Prey Life History and Morphology
: Chaoborus Americanus Predation on Daphnia pulex.
APPEARS IN American Naturalist 1992, v139n2, Feb p. 229-247.
SUMMARY Using a temporal sequence of electrophoretic surveys, the
relative fitness of genotypes in large laboratory populations
in the presence and in the absence of Chaoborus americanus was
examined.
(AHAH! here's a "false positive": chao* gets 'Chaoborus')
AUTHOR Janke, Steven.
TITLE New Biological Software : CHAOS Plus ..
APPEARS IN Quarterly Review of Biology 1991, v66n1, Mar p. 118-119.
SUMMARY Steven Janke reviews CHAOS Plus from EduTech, created by John
Elberfeld.
SUBJECT EduTech CHAOS Plus.
Software.
Mathematics.
Leyburn Library PERIODICALS
LIB HAS: 1(1926)-
Now let's try some searches with our other subject, for which we found so
few books last week:
You searched for the WORD: mitochondrial dna Periodical Abstracts
153 entries found, entries 1-8 are: APPEARS IN DATE
1 Mitochondrial DNA sequence variation Proceedings of the Nation Sep 94
2 NADH dehydrogenase subunit genes in t Journal of Bacteriology Sep 94
3 An unusual type of mitochondrial DNA Proceedings of the Nation Aug 94
4 Mitochondrial DNA polymorphism in nor Human Biology Aug 94
5 Phylogeny and evolution of the auks ( Proceedings of the Nation Aug 94
6 Polynesian mitochondrial DNAs reveal Human Biology Aug 94
7 Signature of ancient population growt Human Biology Aug 94
8 A second type of normal maize mitocho Genetics Jul 94
9 Nonneutral evolution at the mitochond Proceedings of the Nation Jul 94
10 Rapid morphological radiation and con Proceedings of the Nation Jul 94
11 A mitochondrial DNA mutation at nucle Proceedings of the Nation Jun 94
12 Diffuse leukodystrophy with a large-s Lancet Jun 94
13 Mitochondrial minicircle DNA supports Proceedings of the Nation Jun 94
14 Sequences with the potential to form Genetics May 94
15 A subtype of diabetes mellitus associ New England Journal of Me Apr 94
16 Human mitochondria and mitochondrial Journal of Cell Biology Apr 94
17 Mitochondrial DNA and allozyme analys Journal of Wildlife Manag Apr 94
18 Reexamination of barbet monophyly usi Auk Apr 94
19 Allozyme and mitochondrial DNA variat Marine Biology Mar 94
20 Low, but strongly structured mitochon Genetics Mar 94
21 Mitochondrial DNA variation and the e Genetics Mar 94
22 Paternally inherited chloroplast poly Genetics Mar 94
23 Rapid communication : A unique SacII Journal of Animal Science Mar 94
24 Genetic studies in Cameroon : Mitocho Human Biology Feb 94
25 Geographic patterns of mitochondrial- Journal of Mammalogy Feb 94
26 Historical biogeography and contempor Evolution Feb 94
27 Mitochondrial DNA "clock" for the Ame Proceedings of the Nation Feb 94
28 Pairwise comparisons of mitochondrial Genetics Feb 94
29 Rate limits for mispairing and compen Evolution Feb 94
30 The geography of mitochondrial DNA va Evolution Feb 94
31 A method for calibrating molecular cl Genetics Dec 93
32 Application of a random walk model to Genetics Dec 93
33 Mitochondrial DNA hyperdiversity and Condor Nov 93
34 Mitochondrial-genome-encoded RNAs : D Proceedings of the Nation Nov 93
35 Mitochondrial DNA and allozyme variat Aquaculture Nov 93
36 Multiple mitochondrial DNA deletions Journals of Gerontology Nov 93
37 Systematic and taxonomic inplications Journal of Mammalogy Nov 93
38 Concordant mitochondrial and nuclear Proceedings of the Nation Oct 93
39 Genetic subdivisions among small cani Evolution Oct 93
40 Maize mitochondrial manganese superox Proceedings of the Nation Oct 93
....etc
(and PAO is a GENERAL database, not known for richness in 'scientific'
journals! A lot of very useful material that quickly broadens our sense
of what's so hot about 'mitochondrial dna'. Notice the very wide range
of species and topics to which mtDNA seems to be connected):
AUTHOR Wallace, Douglas C.
TITLE Mitochondrial DNA sequence variation in human evolution and
disease.
APPEARS IN Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United
States of America 1994, v91n19, Sep 13, p. 8739-8746.
SUMMARY Germ-line and somatic mtDNA mutations are hypothesized to act
together to shape history and health. Germ-line mtDNA
mutuations have been associated with a variety of degenerative
diseases.
SUBJECT Enzymes.
Deoxyribonucleic acid.
DNA.
Disease.
Evolution.
Leyburn Library PERIODICALS
LIB HAS: 61(1978)-
(incidentally, Douglas C. Wallace is one of the foremost authorities in
mitochondrial dna research; we'll see his name turning up quite often)
AUTHOR Zouros, Eleftherios.
TITLE An unusual type of mitochondrial DNA inheritance in the blue
mussel Mytilus.
APPEARS IN Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United
States of America 1994, v91n16, Aug 2, p. 7463-7467.
SUMMARY In animals, mitochrondial DNA (mtDNA) inheritance is
predominantly maternal. However, biparental inheritance is
common in mussels of the genus Mytilus. Direct evidence that
sex and mtDNA inheritance are coupled in Mytilus is presented.
AUTHOR Astrinidis, A.
TITLE Mitochondrial DNA polymorphism in northern Greece.
APPEARS IN Human Biology 1994, v66n4, Aug p. 601-611.
SUMMARY A study examined the polymorphism of human mitochondrial DNA in
118 Greeks. Results indicated one new morph that is the result
of a mutation, and 18 mitochondrial DNA types were identified.
AUTHOR Moum, Truls.
TITLE Phylogeny and evolution of the auks (subfamily Alcinae) based on
mitochondrial DNA sequences.
APPEARS IN Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United
States of America 1994, v91n17, Aug 16, p. 7912-7916.
SUMMARY The genetic divergence and phylogeny of the auks was assessed by
mitochondrial DNA sequence comparisons in a study using 19 of
the 22 auk species and two outgroup representatives. An early
adaptive radiation of six main species groups of auks seems to
trace back to Middle Miocene.
SUBJECT Evolution.
Birds.
Deoxyribonucleic acid.
DNA.
Classification.
AUTHOR Lum, J Koji.
TITLE Polynesian mitochondrial DNAs reveal three deep maternal lineage
clusters.
APPEARS IN Human Biology 1994, v66n4, Aug p. 567-590.
SUMMARY Polynesians exhibit at least three distinct mitochondrial DNA
groups that probably have a common maternal lineage. Results
of a study on Polynesians indicate that, during the
colonization of the Pacific, Asian immigrants mixed with
Melanesians and carried a complex variety of maternal
genotypes.
SUBJECT Polynesia.
Genetics.
Anthropology.
Deoxyribonucleic acid.
AUTHOR Harpending, H C.
TITLE Signature of ancient population growth in a low-resolution
mitochondrial DNA mismatch distribution.
APPEARS IN Human Biology 1994, v66n4, Aug p. 591-600.
SUMMARY A study examined whether the smoothness of low-resolution data on
mitochondria DNA mismatch distributions is indicative of
ancient population growth. Results indicate that the
smoothness of the distribution is hardly affected by population
structure.
AUTHOR Fauron, Christiane M-R.
TITLE A second type of normal maize mitochondrial genome : An
evolutionary link.
APPEARS IN Genetics 1994, v137n3, Jul p. 875-882.
SUMMARY A new type of maize mitochondrial gene has been identified in the
male fertile inbred line A188 and has been named NA. It is
classified as a new type since the genome contains unique DNA
sequences and unique sets of repeated sequences.
AUTHOR Brower, Andrew V Z.
TITLE Rapid morphological radiation and convergence among races of the
butterfly Heliconius erato inferred from patterns of
mitochondrial DNA evolution.
APPEARS IN Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United
States of America 1994, v91n14, Jul 5, p. 6491-6495.
SUMMARY The parallel geographical variation in the brightly colored wing
patterns of the neotropical Heliconius butterflies within
several widespread species has been invoked to support the
controversial Pleistocene refugium hypothesis of tropical
diversification. The evolutinary rates and relationships among
geographical races in the Heliconius species are examined.
SUBJECT Evolution.
Butterflies & moths.
Deoxyribonucleic acid.
DNA.
AUTHOR Jun, Albert S.
TITLE A mitochondrial DNA mutation at nucleotide pair 14459 of the NADH
dehydrogenase subunit 6 gene associated with maternally
inherited Leber hereditary optic neuropathy and dystonia.
APPEARS IN Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United
States of America 1994, v91n13, Jun 21, p. 6206-6210.
SUMMARY A five-generation Hispanic family expressing maternally
transmitted Leber hereditary optic neuropathy and/or early-
onset dystonia associated with bilateral basal ganglia lesions
was studied. Results suggest that an mtDNA mutation causes the
disease.
SUBJECT Deoxyribonucleic acid.
DNA.
Mutation.
Medical research.
Genetics.
AUTHOR Hayashi, Jun-Ichi.
TITLE Human mitochondria and mitochondrial genome function as a single
dynamic cellular unit.
APPEARS IN Journal of Cell Biology 1994, v125n1, Apr p. 43-50.
SUMMARY In a study, three kinds of human cells were used to determine how
intermitochondrial interactions can occur. Mitochondrial
transfection techniques were used to create an environment
suitable for interaction between mitochondria with and without
mitochondrial DNA.
AUTHOR Lee, Thomas E Jr.
TITLE Mitochondrial DNA and allozyme analysis of North American
pronghorn populations.
APPEARS IN Journal of Wildlife Management 1994, v58n2, Apr p. 307-318.
SUMMARY A study assesses allozyme variation in 330 pronghorn from 29
populations. The study used restriction-fragment analysis to
measure mitochondrial DNA variation in 110 individuals
representing most of the pronghorn range.
SUBJECT Animal populations.
Deer.
Wildlife conservation.
Biology.
Classification.
AUTHOR Ward, R D.
TITLE Allozyme and mitochondrial DNA variation in yellowfin tuna (
Thunnus albacares) from the Pacific Ocean.
APPEARS IN Marine Biology 1994, v118n4, Mar p. 531-539.
SUMMARY A study used samples of yellowfin tuna from the Pacific Ocean to
examine their genetic variability. Results revealed that a
subset of individuals had an average nucleotide diversity per
sample of 0.359%
AUTHOR Jinsheng Dong.
TITLE Paternally inherited chloroplast polymorphism in Pinus :
Estimation of diversity and population subdivision, and tests
of disequilibrium with a maternally inherited mitochondrial
polymorphism.
APPEARS IN Genetics 1994, v136n3, Mar p. 1187-1194.
SUMMARY A study examined natural populations of jack pine and lodgepole
pine in order to estimate population subdivision parameters of
a paternally inherited cpDNA polymorphism and to test
statistical associations of chloroplast and mitochondrial DNA
variants.
SUBJECT Trees.
Deoxyribonucleic acid.
DNA.
Genes.
Genetics.
AUTHOR Scozzari, Rosaria.
TITLE Genetic studies in Cameroon : Mitochondrial DNA polymorphisms in
Bamileke.
APPEARS IN Human Biology 1994, v66n1, Feb p. 1-12.
SUMMARY In two population samples of 77 Bamileke and 18 Bakaka from
southwestern Cameroon, the mitochondrial DNA RFLPs for the HpaI
, HaeII, MspI, AvaII and Hinc II enzymes were studied. The
results are discussed.
AUTHOR Theimer, Tad C.
TITLE Geographic patterns of mitochondrial-DNA variation in collared
peccaries.
APPEARS IN Journal of Mammalogy 1994, v75n1, Feb p. 121-128.
SUMMARY The variation in mitochondrial DNA of 84 collared peccaries from
Arizona and four peccaries from Texas was examined using 12
restriction enzymes to determine their geographic pattern of
variation. The results suggest that Arizona was colonized by
at least three mtDNA lineages.
SUBJECT Arizona.
Mammals.
Genetics.
Deoxyribonucleic acid.
DNA.
AUTHOR Ellsworth, Darrell L.
TITLE Historical biogeography and contemporary patterns of
mitochondrial DNA variation in white-tailed deer from the
southeastern United States.
APPEARS IN Evolution 1994, v48n1, Feb p. 122-136.
SUMMARY Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) was used to characterize patterns of
geographic variation among white-tailed deer populations in the
southeastern US. Ecological and demographic characteristics of
deer have effectively preserved the historical pattern of
intraspecific mtDNA differentiation.
SUBJECT Southern states.
Deoxyribonucleic acid.
DNA.
Animal populations.
Deer.
AUTHOR Torroni, Antonio.
TITLE Mitochondrial DNA "clock" for the Amerinds and its implications
for timing their entry into North America.
APPEARS IN Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United
States of America 1994, v91n3, Feb 1, p. 1158-1162.
SUMMARY It is estimated that the separation of the Chibcha-speaking
tribes of Central America from other linguistic groups began
approximately 8,000-10,000 years before the present.
Characterization of the mtDNA of 110 Chibcha speakers with 14
restriction enzymes leads on the basis of their time depth to
an estimated mtDNA nucleotide substitution rate for Amerinds of
0.022-0.020% per 10,000 years.
SUBJECT Central America.
Deoxyribonucleic acid.
DNA.
AUTHOR Marjoram, Paul.
TITLE Pairwise comparisons of mitochondrial DNA sequences in subdivided
populations and implications for early human evolution.
APPEARS IN Genetics 1994, v136n2, Feb p. 673-683.
SUMMARY The effect on the distribution of pairwise differences between
mitochondrial DNA sequences of the incorporation into the
underlying population genetics model of two particular effects
that seem realistic for human populations is examined.
Population genetics models fail to reflect important features
of human mitochondrial DNA evolution.
SUBJECT Genetics.
Deoxyribonucleic acid.
DNA.
Evolution.
AUTHOR Lynch, Michael.
TITLE A method for calibrating molecular clocks and its application to
animal mitochondrial DNA.
APPEARS IN Genetics 1993, v135n4, Dec p. 1197-1208.
SUMMARY A study developed a least-squares procedure for calibrating
molecular clocks. Results indicate that the average rate of
mitochondrial DNA evolution is elevated with respect to that of
nuclear DNA.
AUTHOR Lougheed, Stephen C.
TITLE Mitochondrial DNA hyperdiversity and vocal dialects in a
subspecies transition of the rufous-collared sparrow.
APPEARS IN Condor 1993, v95n4, Nov p. 889-895.
SUMMARY A study investigated the variation in rufous-collared sparrow
song dialects. DNA variability was found to reflect secondary
introgression between two subspecies.
SUBJECT Ornithology.
Birds.
Deoxyribonucleic acid.
DNA.
Evolution.
In the mtDNA example even this very limited search produces a great
variety of interesting-looking terms and connections that we might
profitably follow up: