A Taxonomy for artificial embryogeny

A Taxonomy for artificial embryogeny Good *historical* overview (list most older works), term Artificial Embryogeny introduced, show functional similarities between L-systems/grammar and cell chemistry approaches, propose benchmarks taxonomy: 5 major dimensions of development (names very cell chemistry biased): -cell fate (differentiation mechanism) -targeting (where to interact; fixed / relative) -heterochrony (timing and order of events, e.g. centrol toe of horses developed so fast that other 4 toes became irrelevant) -canalization (slight gene changes do seldomly cause related or connected components to fail in nature) [proposed mechanisms: stochastic events during development to increase stability; flexible resource allocation among developing parts and overproduction of cells (should have apoptosis then), see p.114] -complexification (new genes, e.g. by duplication) [variable length genotypes -> speciation; sexual matching -> historical marking (global gene numbering)] [gene duplicate results must be carefully integrated (not too much disturbance)