The use of information theory in evolutionary biology
The use of information theory in evolutionary biology
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10.1111/j.1749-6632.2011.06422.x
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2012-01-01
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Adami, Christoph
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Adami, Christoph
信息是进化生物学中的一个关键概念。储存在生物有机体基因组中的信息被用来产生有机体并维持和控制它。信息也是进化的。当一个种群适应了当地的环境，关于这个环境的信息就固定在一个有代表性的基因组中。然而，当环境发生变化时，信息可能会丢失。同时，为了在复杂的环境中生存，动物的大脑也在处理信息，处理信息的能力也在进化。在这里，我回顾了信息论在蛋白质进化和适应执行复杂任务的模拟代理的信息处理进化中的应用。
Information is a key concept in evolutionary biology. Information stored in a biological organism's genome is used to generate the organism and to maintain and control it. Information is also that which evolves. When a population adapts to a local environment, information about this environment is fixed in a representative genome. However, when an environment changes, information can be lost. At the same time, information is processed by animal brains to survive in complex environments, and the capacity for information processing also evolves. Here, I review applications of information theory to the evolution of proteins and to the evolution of information processing in simulated agents that adapt to perform a complex task.