Molecular dynamics: survey of methods for simulating the activity of proteins.

Turner introduces the reader to the different simulation techniques used in language evolution.

Original article can be found at: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/bookseries/0091679X Copyright Elsevier Inc. DOI: 10.1016/S0091-679X(07)84025-8

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