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Information-Geometric Optimization with Natural Selection
Entropy, 2020 Evolutionary algorithms, inspired by natural evolution, aim to optimize difficult objective functions without computing derivatives. Here we detail the relationship between classical population genetics of quantitative traits and evolutionary ...
Jakub Otwinowski +2 more
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F1000Research, 2021 Background: Synthetic engineering of bacteria to produce industrial products is a burgeoning field of research and application. In order to optimize genome design, designers need to understand which genes are essential, which are optimal for growth, and ...
Granger Sutton +6 more
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F1000Research, 2021 Background: Synthetic engineering of bacteria to produce industrial products is a burgeoning field of research and application. In order to optimize genome design, designers need to understand which genes are essential, which are optimal for growth, and ...
Granger Sutton +6 more
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F1000Research, 2021 Background: Wall teichoic acid (WTA) genes are essential for production of cell walls in gram-positive bacteria and necessary for survival and variability in the cassette has led to recent antibiotic resistance acquisition in pathogenic bacteria ...
Gary B. Fogel +6 more
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Adaptations Accumulated under Prolonged Resource Exhaustion Are Highly Transient
mSphere, 2020 Many nonsporulating bacterial species can survive for years within exhausted growth media in a state termed long-term stationary phase (LTSP). We have been carrying out evolutionary experiments aimed at elucidating the dynamics of genetic adaptation ...
Sarit Avrani +2 more
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All aboard the 'Elephant Express', a practical solution for human-elephant coexistence
Pachyderm, 2023 One of the most significant challenges for elephant conservation is managing negative interactions that occur where people and elephants use the same space and compete for resources.
Anna Songhurst +9 more
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Natural process – Natural selection [PDF]
Biophysical Chemistry, 2007 Life is supported by a myriad of chemical reactions. To describe the overall process we have formulated entropy for an open system undergoing chemical reactions. The entropy formula allows us to recognize various ways for the system to move towards more probable states. These correspond to the basic processes of life i.e. proliferation, differentiation,
Vivek, Sharma, Arto, Annila
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Path-dependent selection—a bridge between natural selection and neutral selection
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2023 Path-dependent selection follows the premise of complete symmetry in the neutral theory of selection; mutations in the natural world are entirely based on statistical randomness, lack directionality, and thus do not exhibit differences in fitness.
Rui-Wu Wang +9 more
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Friendship and natural selection [PDF]
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2014 More than any other species, humans form social ties to individuals who are neither kin nor mates, and these ties tend to be with similar people. Here, we show that this similarity extends to genotypes. Across the whole genome, friends’ genotypes at the single nucleotide polymorphism level tend to be positively correlated (homophilic).
Christakis, Nicholas A, Fowler, James H
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THE CAUSES OF NATURAL SELECTION [PDF]
Evolution, 1990 We discuss the necessary and sufficient conditions for identifying the cause of natural selection on a phenotypic trait. We reexamine the observational methods recently proposed for measuring selection in natural populations and illustrate why the multivariate analysis of selection is insufficient for identifying the causal agents of selection.
Michael J, Wade, Susan, Kalisz
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