EVOLUTION OF TRANSCRIPTION NETWORKS IN RESPONSE TO TEMPORAL FLUCTUATIONS

摘要: Organisms respond to changes in their environment over a wide range of biological and temporal scales. Such phenotypic plasticity can involve developmental, behavioral, physiological, genetic shifts. The adaptive value plastic response is known depend on the nature information that available organism as well direct indirect costs response. We modeled dynamic process simple gene regulatory networks they responded fluctuations environmental conditions. simulated evolution determine when genes function solely transcription factors, with no own, are beneficial network. When there perfect about timing be extracted then advantage adding pure factor In contrast, either or only current state additional improve evolved network fitness.