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Wolfgang Banzhaf: Genetic programming and emergence

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This commentary demonstrates that for genetic programming with recombination and drift repeated motif patterns emerge within individuals more often than chance. This demonstrates that such patterns emerge without the need for selection. In addition, this effect is amplified when the effective population size is reduced.

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  1. Information Science Department, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

    Peter A. Whigham

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Whigham, P.A. Wolfgang Banzhaf: Genetic programming and emergence. Genet Program Evolvable Mach 15, 99–101 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10710-013-9204-y

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