The role of the genome in the evolution of the complexity of metabolic machines

Claudio Angione, Giovanni Carapezza, Jole Costanza, Pietro Lió, Giuseppe Nicosia

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Abstract

In this positional paper, we consider the metabolic network of a bacterium as a living computer, and we are able to program it in order to obtain desired outputs. Furthermore, we discuss how the mutation-recombination-fixation events in the genome could lead to an increased computational capability, as well as to an increased complexity of the metabolic machine associated with the bacterium.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the European Conference on Complex Systems 2012
EditorsThomas Gilbert, Markus Kirkilionis, Gregoire Nicolis
PublisherSpringer
Pages1063-1069
Number of pages7
ISBN (Electronic)9783319003955
ISBN (Print)9783319003948, 9783319342887
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Aug 2013
Externally publishedYes

Publication series

NameSpringer Proceedings in Complexity
ISSN (Print)2213-8684
ISSN (Electronic)2213-8692

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