__________ Peter Schuster __________

Theoretical Biochemistry Group (TBI), Institute of Theoretical Chemistry, University of Vienna, WŠhringerstra§e 17, A-1090 Vienna, Austria.

Main research focus: Theory of the hydrogen bond and intermolecular forces; kinetics of proton transfer reactions in aqueous solutions; theory of molecular evolution and in vitro-studies on RNA-replication and selection; nonlinear dynamics and theory of complex evolvable systems; structures and properties of biopolymers, RNA and proteins; evolutionary biotechnology.

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Crutchfield, J.P./Schuster, P., eds. 2001. Evolutionary Dynamics - Exploring the Interplay of Accident, Selection, Neutrality, and Function. #: Oxford University Press.

Schuster, P./Fontana, W. 1999. Chance and necessity in evolution: Lessons from RNA. Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena 133: 427—452.

Fontana, W./Schuster, P. 1998. Continuity in evolution: On the nature of transitions. Science 280: 1451—1455.

Fontana, W./Schuster, P. 1998. Shaping space: The possible and the attainable in RNA genotype-phenotype mapping. Journal of Theoretical Biology 194: 491—515.

Fontana, W./Schnabl, W./Schuster, P. 1989. Physical aspects of evolutionary optimization and adaptation. Phys. Rev. A 40: 3301—3321.

Fontana, W./Schuster, P. 1987. A computer model of evolutionary optimization. Biophysical Chemistry 26: 123—147.

Bomze, I.M./Schuster, P./Sigmund, K. 1983. The role of mendelian genetics in strategic models of animal behaviour. Journal of Theoretical Biology 101: 19—38.

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