Emergent network structure, evolvable robustness, and nonlinear effects of point mutations in an artificial genome model

Advances in Complex Systems

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 293-310

  Rohlf, Thimo ^a,b   Winkler, Christopher R ^c  

^a Univ Evry   (France)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MATHEMATICS IN THE SCIENCES   (Germany)

^c PIONEER HI BRED INTERNATIONAL INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial genome; Evolution; Gene regulatory network

Indexed keywords

EID: 68349157426     PISSN: 02195259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219525909002210     Document Type: Article

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