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Table 3 Length Restriction

From: Eco-evolutionary dynamics, coding structure and the information threshold

 

∞

13

15

μ

solutions (median time)

0.04

25(90)

5(150)

12(168)

0.08

18(355)

8(806)

5(730)

  1. Evolution of replicators with a restriction on their genome length of 13 and 15 elements respectively, compared with no restriction for μ = 0.04 and μ = 0.08. With restriction, replicators exceeding the maximum number of elements allowed, are considered as lethal mutants. The number of simulations which established an individual based solution are shown and in parentheses the median time to find these solutions. For each set 25 simulations are run with the shortest evolutionary target (minimal coding length = 13).