A Biologist and an Applied Mathematician walked into a bar . . .

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A Biologist and an Applied Mathematician walked into a bar . . .

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A Biologist and an Applied Mathematician walked into a bar . . . Getting more math into Intro Biology. We got Problems! (Big! Complicated! Problems) The biologist always includes evolution and the associated complicating factors. The mathematician always simplifies too much. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Getting more math into Intro Biology

• We got Problems! (Big! Complicated! Problems)

• The biologist always includes evolution and the associated complicating factors.

• The mathematician always simplifies too much.

• So we should start with a Toy Model and try to meet in the middle.

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The Toy Model

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