Emergence of robust regulatory motifs from in silico evolution of sustained oscillation |
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Authors: | Jin Yaochu Meng Yan |
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Institution: | a University of Surrey, Department of Computing, FEPS, Guildford, Surrey GU2 7XH, UK b Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ 07030, USA |
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Abstract: | The relationship between robustness and evolvability (easiness to evolve), and the evolutionary emergence of robust genetic circuits in biology have attracted much attention in systems biology. This paper investigates in silico the influence of the cis-regulation logic and the coupling of feedback loops on the evolvability and robustness of gene regulatory motifs that can generate sustained oscillation. Our simulation results indicate that both evolvability and robustness of the considered regulatory motifs depend on the cis-regulation logic and the way in which positive and negative feedback loops are coupled. Most interestingly, our findings suggest that robust regulatory motifs can emerge from evolution without an explicit selection pressure on robustness and adding noise in the parameters during the evolution is likely to promote the evolution of sustained oscillation. |
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Keywords: | Gene regulatory networks Evolvability Robustness Regulation logic Feedback loops Evolution in silico |
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