Evolution of Modularity - LessWrong

This post is based on chapter 15 of Uri Alon’s book An Introduction to Systems Biology: Design Principles of Biological Circuits. See the book for more details and citations; see here for a review of…

x Evolution of Modularity — LessWrong Best of LessWrong 2019 Evolution Modularity Biology Gears-Level Frontpage 210 Evolution of Modularity by johnswentworth 14th Nov 2019 AI Alignment Forum 2 min read 13 210 Ω 58 This post is based on chapter 15 of Uri Alon’s book An Introduction to Systems Biology: Design Principles of Biological Circuits . See the book for more details and citations; see here for a review of most of the rest of the book. Fun fact: biological systems are highly modular, at multiple different scales. This can be quantified and verified statistically, e.g. by mapping out prote

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