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Founded: 1993
ISSN 1064-5462
E-ISSN 1530-9185
2008 ISI Impact Factor: 1.164
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Spring 2004, Vol. 10, No. 2, Pages 123-134
Posted Online March 11, 2006.
(doi:10.1162/106454604773563559)
© 2004 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Digital Evolution in Time-Dependent Fitness Landscapes Ye LiCalifornia Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125 yel@its.caltech.edu Claus O. WilkeDigital Life Laboratory 136-93 California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125 wilke@caltech.edu
We study the response of populations of digital organisms that adapt to a time-varying (periodic) fitness landscape of two oscillating peaks. We corroborate in general predictions from quasi-species theory in dynamic landscapes, such as adaptation to the average fitness landscape at small periods (high frequency) and quasistatic adaptation at large periods (low frequency). We also observe adaptive phase shifts (time lags between a change in the fitness landscape and an adaptive change in the population) that indicate a low-pass filter effect, in agreement with existing theory. Finally, we witness long-term adaptation to fluctuating environments not anticipated in previous theoretical work.
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