Mathematical Models in Biology - Allman, Elizabeth S. (University of Southern Maine) a Rhodes, John A. (Bates College, Maine)

This introductory textbook focuses on discrete models across a variety of biological subdisciplines, including linear and non-linear models of populations, Markov models of molecular evolution, phylogenetic tree construction, genetics, and infectious disease models. The book assumes no calculus. Computer investigations with MATLAB are incorporated throughout.