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Nature 412, 331-333 (19 July 2001) | doi:10.1038/35085569;

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Evolution of digital organisms at high mutation rates leads to survival of the flattest

Darwinian evolution favours genotypes with high replication rates, a process called |[lsquo]|survival of the fittest|[rsquo]|. However, knowing the replication rate of each individual genotype may not suffice to predict the eventual survivor, even in an asexual population.

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