Séminaire de Physique Théorique

An evolutionary model with Turing machines
Giovanni Feverati (LAPTH, Annecy-le-Vieux)
Wednesday 20 February 2008 14:00 -  Tours -  Salle 1180 (Bât E2)

Résumé :
Inspired by the ununswered question: why eukariotic DNA has a so large non-coding fraction, we try computer simulations with an evolutionary toy model based on Turing machines. This lead us to describe how the fitness of an ``organism'' and the evolution rate relate to the coding/non-coding ratio. The evolutionary advantage of having a large reservoir of non-coding states is emphasised.

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