The topology of the possible: formal spaces underlying patterns of evolutionary change.

Bärbel M. R. Stadler, Peter F. Stadler, Günter P. Wagner, Walter Fontana · Journal of Theoretical Biology · 2001

Summary

This paper proposes to extend the explanatory level for phenotypic evolution from fitness considerations alone to include the topological structure of phenotype space as induced by the genotype-phenotype map, and introduces the mathematical concepts and tools necessary to formalize the notion of accessibility pre-topology relative to which to speak of continuity in the genotype-phenotype map and in evolutionary trajectories.

Type: article
Published: 2001-11-21
Cited by: 1,767
References: 119
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1006/jtbi.2001.2423
PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11894994/
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Keywords

Fitness landscape, Space (punctuation), Topology (electrical circuits), Product topology, Metric (unit)

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