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Mark A. Bedau
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2005
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Evolution of DNA Uptake Signal Sequences
The DNA of some naturally competent species of bacteria contains a large number of evenly distributed copies of a short sequence. This highly overrepresented sequence is believed t...
Dominique Chu, Hoong-Chien Lee, Tom Lenaerts
ALIFE
2005
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Modular Interdependency in Complex Dynamical Systems
Hierarchical modularity is a familiar characteristic of a large class of natural dynamical systems. A normal interpretation of modularity is that interactions between subsystems a...
Richard A. Watson, Jordan B. Pollack
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ALIFE
2006
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Simulating the Hallmarks of Cancer
Cancer can be viewed as the loss of cooperative cell behaviors that normally facilitate multicellularity, including the formation of tissues and organs. Hanahan and Weinberg descri...
Robert G. Abbott, Stephanie Forrest, Kenneth J. Pi...
ALIFE
2006
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The Origin of the Eukaryotic Cell Based on Conservation of Existing Interfaces
Current theories about the origin of the eukaryotic cell all assume that during evolution a prokaryotic cell acquired a nucleus. Here, it is shown that a scenario in which the nucl...
Albert D. G. de Roos
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2006
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Issues in Auditory Display
Auditory displays have been successfully developed to assist data visualization in many areas, but have as yet received little attention in the field of Artificial Life. This pape...
Alice C. Eldridge
ALIFE
2006
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Understanding Linguistic Evolution by Visualizing the Emergence of Topographic Mappings
We show how cultural selection for learnability during the process of linguistic evolution can be visualized using a simple iterated learning model. Computational models of linguis...
Henry Brighton, Simon Kirby
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2006
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Picture This: The State of the Art in Visualization for Complex Adaptive Systems
Visualization has an increasingly important role to play in scientific research. Moreover, visualization has a special role to play within artificial life as a result of the inform...
Seth Bullock, Tom Smith, Jon Bird