Title :
An evolutionary approach to pattern formation mechanisms on lepidopteran wings
Author :
Eggenberger, Peter ; Dravid, Raja
Author_Institution :
ATR, Human Inf. Process. Res. Labs., Kyoto, Japan
Abstract :
In this paper an evolutionary and developmental model of cell differentiation and cell induction based on differential gene expression is introduced. By introducing morphogenetic gradients on a two-dimensional, cellular grid, the model is able to evolve and generate patterns resembling those found on moths and butterflies. Investigation of biological models has its interest for artificial evolution, because one can study the relationship between the genome and the phenotype
Keywords :
biology computing; cellular biophysics; digital simulation; evolutionary computation; genetics; 2D cellular grid; artificial evolution; biological models; butterflies; cell differentiation; cell induction; developmental model; differential gene expression; evolutionary model; genome; lepidopteran wings; morphogenetic gradients; moths; pattern evolution; pattern formation mechanisms; pattern generation; phenotype; Bioinformatics; Biological system modeling; Chemical processes; DNA; Evolution (biology); Genetics; Genomics; Humans; Information processing; Pattern formation;
Conference_Titel :
Evolutionary Computation, 1999. CEC 99. Proceedings of the 1999 Congress on
Conference_Location :
Washington, DC
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5536-9
DOI :
10.1109/CEC.1999.781961
