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A Case Study of the De Novo Evolution of a Complex Odometric Behavior in Digital Organisms
2013
PLoS ONE
Investigating the evolution of animal behavior is difficult. The fossil record leaves few clues that would allow us to recapitulate the path that evolution took to build a complex behavior, and the large population sizes and long time scales required prevent us from re-evolving such behaviors in a laboratory setting. We present results of a study in which digital organisms-self-replicating computer programs that are subject to mutations and selection-evolved in different environments that
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0060466
pmid:23577113
pmcid:PMC3620120
fatcat:7saeza6d2rh3vbulw6ixvgmvuu