CONTENTS 



PAGE 



Foreword ix 



A. M. Weinberg 



Preface xi 



PART I. INTRODUCTION 



A Primer on Information Theory 3 



Henry Quastler 



Some Introductory Ideas Concerning the Application of Information Theory in 

 Biology . 50 



Hubert P. Yockey 



PART II. STORAGE AND TRANSFER OF INFORMATION 



Editorial Introduction 61 



The Cryptographic Approach to the Problem of Protein Synthesis 63 



George Gamow and Martynas Ycas 



The Protein Text ^ 70 



Martynas Ycas 



Discussion 101 



Protein Structure and Information Content 103 



L. G. Augenstine 

 Discussion 1 23 



Specific Mechanisms of Protein Synthesis and Information Transfer in the 

 Developing Chick Embryo 124 



H. R. Mahler, H. Walter, A. Bulbenko and D. W. Allmann 

 Discussion 135 



The Mechanism of Action of Methyl Xanthines in Mutagenesis 136 



Arthur L. Koch 



Evidence for a Negative Feedback System Controlling Liver Regeneration 148 



Andre D. Glinos 



Fluctuations in Neural Thresholds 153 



Lawrence S, Frishkopf and Walter A. Rosenblith 



PART III. DETERMINATION OF INFORMATION MEASURES 



Editorial Introduction 169 



Chemistry and Biochemistry at Low Temperatures and Discrimination of States 

 and Reactivities 171 



Simon Freed 



Discussion 1 80 



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