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Initial Modelling of the Alternative Phenotypes Hypothesis

Initial Modelling of the Alternative Phenotypes Hypothesis
Initial Modelling of the Alternative Phenotypes Hypothesis
The alternative phenotype hypothesis contends that multiple phenotypes exist in a single genotype and are expressed by environmental or genetic cues. It further states that these multiple phenotypes will be maintained and improved in a population where the environment is unstable, in spite of the increased cost of this plasticity. In this work we propose a simple computational model to investigate the conditions under which alternative phenotypes become beneficial, and persist over evolutionary timescales. We find that the environment must vary to realise this hypothesis, and that these adaptations not only provide a fitness benefit in highly unstable environments but also continue to arise despite increasing stability and a corresponding gradual decline in fitness.
717-724
MIT Press
Worgan, Simon
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Worgan, Simon and Mills, Rob (2008) Initial Modelling of the Alternative Phenotypes Hypothesis. Bullock, Seth, Noble, Jason, Watson, Richard A., Bedau, Mark A., Bullock, Seth, Noble, Jason, Watson, Richard and Bedau, Mark A. (eds.) In Artificial Life XI: Proceedings of the Eleventh International Conference on the Simulation and Synthesis of Living Systems. MIT Press. pp. 717-724 .

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The alternative phenotype hypothesis contends that multiple phenotypes exist in a single genotype and are expressed by environmental or genetic cues. It further states that these multiple phenotypes will be maintained and improved in a population where the environment is unstable, in spite of the increased cost of this plasticity. In this work we propose a simple computational model to investigate the conditions under which alternative phenotypes become beneficial, and persist over evolutionary timescales. We find that the environment must vary to realise this hypothesis, and that these adaptations not only provide a fitness benefit in highly unstable environments but also continue to arise despite increasing stability and a corresponding gradual decline in fitness.

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Published date: 2008
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Date deposited: 21 May 2008 12:34
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Author: Simon Worgan
Author: Rob Mills
Editor: Seth Bullock
Editor: Jason Noble
Editor: Richard A. Watson
Editor: Mark A. Bedau
Editor: Seth Bullock
Editor: Jason Noble
Editor: Richard Watson
Editor: Mark A. Bedau

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