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How Genetic Algorithms Have Helped in Computational Problem Solving

[Note: you can download a Genetic Algorithm Demo program to go with this article (Mac, Win, Linux). This is explained later on.] In the last installment of this blog, I talked about how an improved understanding of the way in which biological systems handle complex decision making can be used to design computational approaches to […]
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Non-coding doesn’t ‘translate’ to non-functional when it comes to evolution

What is it that has allowed more “complex” species to evolve from simpler species? The popular notion that the addition of new protein coding genes is responsible for this increased complexity has been challenged over the last decade. It is becoming apparent that, although new proteins certainly are important, the amount of conserved sequence is […]
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Evolution, Conservation, Change, Robustness, Complexity and Degeneracy

For species to be successful and adapt to an ever changing environment, they must strike a delicate balance between allowing for some DNA alterations, while at the same time preserving the key developmental processes encoded in their unique genomes. This poses a problem, as even small changes in any given gene might lead to deleterious […]
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