#evolutionarysystems

Updated Chapter 7 of my #EvolutionarySystems and Bio-Inspired Computing course: Modeling Evolutionary Systems. This is the last chapter for this year's course.
#Evolution #complexity #multilevelSelection #Development #ArtifialLife #TheoreticalBiology

https://casci.binghamton.edu/academics/i-bic/lec07.php

The entire package is available as a pdf as well: https://casci.binghamton.edu/academics/i-bic/pdfs/ibic_lecnotes.pdf

Updated Chapter 6 of my #EvolutionarySystems and Bio-Inspired Computing course: #VonNeumann and Natural Selection. #SelfReproduction #SelfReplication #Evolution #complexity #ArtifialLife #TheoreticalBiology

https://casci.binghamton.edu/academics/i-bic/lec06.php

Chapter 5 of my #EvolutionarySystems and Bio-inspired Computing course have been updated for 2024 edition. #ArtificalLife #TheoreticalBiology #ComplexSystems
"Reality is Stranger than Fiction"
https://casci.binghamton.edu/academics/i-bic/lec05.php

Updated 4th Chapter of my "#EvolutionarySystems and #BioInspiredComputing " 2024 Class. #SelfOrganization #Criticality #Robustness #Resilience #Evolvability
https://casci.binghamton.edu/academics/i-bic/lec04.php

Updated third chapter of my #EvolutionarySystems and #bioinspiredComputing class. This semester I added a new subsection about #complexsystems and #systemsScience approaches to studying life, from #artificallife to #systemsbiology. "#MODELING THE WORLD AND SYSTEMS APPROACH TO LIFE"

https://casci.binghamton.edu/academics/i-bic/lec03.php

Updated chapter one of lecture notes for my evolutionary systems and bio-inspired computing class. #EvolutionarySystems #Life #ArtificialLife #ComplexSystems #SystemsSCience
https://casci.binghamton.edu/academics/i-bic/lec01.php

I am fascinated by the recent evidence showing that Polyplody may grant evolutionary advantages in the presence of drastic fitness changes (e.g. cataclysms):
https://www.science.org/content/article/cells-extra-genomes-may-help-tissues-respond-injuries-species-survive-cataclysms.

One option is that extra chromosomes may increase connectivity of gene regulatory networks--- fascinating work from van de Peer on that note: https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.04.28.538696, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0220257.

The results are similar to ours a long time ago with RNA Editing , where we experimented with drastic fitness changes (simulated cataclysms) and emergence of memory: https://doi.org/10.1162/evco.2007.15.3.253, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-74913-4_7.

RNA Editing, we started arguing long ago, also adds additional regulatory variety and proves advantageous in drastic fitness changes---though RNA editing works by adding more variants, not greater number of regulatory possibilities (network connectivity) as it is hypothesized for polyploidy. Maybe this explains why the latter is maladaptive in stable fitness landscapes, whereas RNA Editing often isn't?

#Evolution #EvolutionarySystems #Polyploidy #Fitness #GenomeComplexity #Gemome

Updating #EvolutionarySystems and #BioinspiredComputing lecture notes as the semester unfolds:

1. What is #Life? https://casci.binghamton.edu/academics/i-bic/lec01.php

2. The Logical Mechanisms of Life https://casci.binghamton.edu/academics/i-bic/lec02.php

#artificiallife

Teaching this #EvolutionarySystems and #BioinspiredComputing course this semester
https://casci.binghamton.edu/academics/i-bic
Just updated chapter 1 of lecture notes "What is Life?" https://casci.binghamton.edu/academics/i-bic/lec01.php