Cellular automata-based artificial life system of horizontal gene transfer

The Journal of Engineering

Ji-xin Liu¹ 

[1] Engineering Research Center of Wideband Wireless Communication Technology, Ministry of Education, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing 210003, People's Republic of China

关键词: natural selection;    prokaryote evolution;    global genetic bank;    mutation;    cellular automata-based artificial life system;    horizontal gene transfer;    Earth;    Schrodinger life theory;    HGT;   

DOI  :  10.1049/joe.2015.0113

学科分类：工程和技术（综合）

来源: IET

【 摘 要 】

Mutation and natural selection is the core of Darwin's idea about evolution. Many algorithms and models are based on this idea. However, in the evolution of prokaryotes, more and more researches have indicated that horizontal gene transfer (HGT) would be much more important and universal than the authors had imagined. Owing to this mechanism, the prokaryotes not only become adaptable in nearly any environment on Earth, but also form a global genetic bank and a super communication network with all the genes of the prokaryotic world. Under this background, they present a novel cellular automata model general gene transfer to simulate and study the vertical gene transfer and HGT in the prokaryotes. At the same time, they use Schrodinger's life theory to formulate some evaluation indices and to discuss the intelligence and cognition of prokaryotes which is derived from HGT.

【 授权许可】

CC BY