CelloS: a multi-level approach to evolutionary dynamics

Authors:
Camille Stephan-Otto Attolini;Peter F. Stadler;Christoph Flamm
Affiliations:
Institut für Theoretische Chemie, Universität Wien, Wien, Austria;Institut für Theoretische Chemie, Universität Wien, Wien, Austria;Institut für Theoretische Chemie, Universität Wien, Wien, Austria
Venue:
ECAL'05 Proceedings of the 8th European conference on Advances in Artificial Life
Year:
2005

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Abstract

We study the evolution of simple cells equipped with a genome, a rudimentary gene regulation network at transcription level and two classes of functional genes: motion effectors which allow the cell to move in response to nutrient gradients and nutrient importers required to actually feed from the environment. The model is inspired by the protist Naegleria gruberi which can switch between a feeding and dividing amoeboid state and a mobile flagellate state depending on environmental conditions. Simulation results demonstrate how selection in a variable environment affects the gene number and efficiency making the cells to rapidly switch from one expression regime to the other depending on the external conditions.