2018/11/08 by Larry Bull, Bull, Larry
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Evolution and Genetic Dynamics #Gene Regulatory Network Analysis #Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1811.04073
It has recently been suggested that the fundamental haploid-diploid cycle of eukaryotic sex exploits a rudimentary form of the Baldwin effect. Thereafter the other associated phenomena can be explained as evolution tuning the amount and frequency of learning experienced by an organism. Using the well-known NK model of fitness landscapes it is here shown that the emergence of dominance can also be explained under this view of eukaryotic evolution.