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Culture and evolution on populations of neural networks

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Although acquired characteristics are not incorporated into the genotype, some works have pointed to the influence of learning in evolution. We present a dynamic model of neural networks presenting evolutive features, even without modification in genotype, due to the introduction of culture. Our model presents other features that seem to reproduce some aspects of real world populations.

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Penna, T.J.P., de Oliveira, P.M.C. Culture and evolution on populations of neural networks. J Stat Phys 69, 1137–1149 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01058767

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