Neutral Mutations and Punctuated Equilibrium in Evolving Genetic Networks

Preprint

4 March 1999

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Published by arXiv in arXiv

https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.physics/9708026

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.

Keywords

SWITCH WHICH IS A FUNCTION
PUNCTUATED EQUILIBRIUM
NEUTRAL MUTATIONS
NETWORKS BOOLEAN
GENETIC NETWORKS
EVOLVING GENETIC

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Version 1, 1997-08-23, ArXiv
Version 2, 1999-03-04, ArXiv
Published version: Physical Review Letters, 81 (1), 236.

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