Neutral Mutations and Punctuated Equilibrium in Evolving Genetic Networks
Biological Physics
2016-09-08 v2 adap-org
Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
Statistical Mechanics
Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems
Molecular Networks
Abstract
Boolean networks may be viewed as idealizations of biological genetic networks, where each node is represented by an on-off switch which is a function of the binary output from some other nodes. We evolve connectivity in a single Boolean network, and demonstrate how the sole requirement of sequential matching of attractors may open for an evolution that exhibits punctuated equilibrium.
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@article{arxiv.physics/9708026,
title = {Neutral Mutations and Punctuated Equilibrium in Evolving Genetic Networks},
author = {Stefan Bornholdt and Kim Sneppen},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/9708026},
year = {2016}
}
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5 pages RevTeX, 5 figures PostScript; revised version