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Evolvability

Evolvability is a concept in that relates ability of a particular phenotype to be robust to mutations. It can be more precisely defined as the relative frequency of "good" mutations to a phenotype. Evolvability is thought to be determined primarily by the structure of the genotype to phenotype mapping (i.e. the organism's developmental system).



10-09-2007 15:17:32
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