Epigenetic tracking: biological implications

Authors:
Alessandro Fontana
Affiliations:
IEEE
Venue:
ECAL'09 Proceedings of the 10th European conference on Advances in artificial life: Darwin meets von Neumann - Volume Part I
Year:
2009

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Abstract

"Epigenetic Tracking" is an evo-devo method to generate arbitrary 2d or 3d shapes; as such, it belongs to the field of "artificial embryology". The objective of this paper is to explore the implications of the method for some relevant aspects of biology, namely junk DNA, the "ontogeny recapitulates philogeny" theory and the process of ageing. After presenting the latest experiments performed with 3d target shapes, the mentioned aspects are investigated and the explanation provided by Epigenetic Tracking is discussed.