Abstract
Natural selection works in the presence of chance or randomness. As random mutations take place, the form or function of organisms changes. With changes in the “appearance” of individual organisms may come an enhanced ability to survive and to pass on the respective traits to subsequent generations. However, because mutations continue to take place, and because the environment within which natural selection occurs is not constant, it is not automatic that the fitness of offspring increases from one generation to the next.
Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius—and a lot of courage—to move in the opposite direction. -Albert Einstein, Ideas and Opinions
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This is the worm growth model briefly mentioned in Cohen, J. and I. Stewart. 1994. The Collapse of Chaos, Penguin Books, New York, pp. 105–106.
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Hannon, B., Ruth, M. (2001). Artificial Worms. In: Dynamic Modeling. Modeling Dynamic Systems. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0211-7_13
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