Fitness landscapes (IMAGE)
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Researchers devised a neural network model capable of predicting how changes to non-coding DNA sequences in yeast affect gene expression and reproductive fitness. The model creates maps, called fitness landscapes, shown here and rendered in the shape of fossilized birds and fish. These higher order creatures evolved as a result of evolutionary changes to non-coding DNA sequences, like the ones depicted in the fitness landscapes.
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Martin Krzywinski
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