Computational models of multilevel evolution
We investigate how complex biological systems evolve and function. We use a bottom-up non-supervised individual-based computational modeling strategy. We explore the often surprising consequences of basic interactions, like the emergence of multilevel evolution in spatial systems, evolution of complex genotype-phenotype maps, biased mutations and evolution of evolvability.
Keywords
multilevel evolution / evolvability / genome structure / gene regulatory nets / genotype-phenotype-map / origin of life / spatial self-organization / theoretical biology / bioinformatics