Reply to Ocklenburg and Mundorf: The interplay of developmental bias and natural selection

Iain G Johnston^{1

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4}, Kamaludin Dingle⁵, Sam F Greenbury^{6

7}, Chico Q Camargo⁸, Jonathan P K Doye⁹, Sebastian E Ahnert^{4

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10}, Ard A Louis³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Mathematics, University of Bergen, Bergen 5007, Norway.
² Computational Biology Unit, University of Bergen, Bergen 5008, Norway.
³ Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3PU, United Kingdom.
⁴ The Alan Turing Institute, British Library, London NW1 2DB, United Kingdom.
⁵ Centre for Applied Mathematics and Bioinformatics, Department of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Gulf University for Science and Technology, Hallwaly, Kuwait.
⁶ Theory of Condensed Matter Group, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0HE, United Kingdom.
⁷ Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom.
⁸ Department of Computer Science, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4QF, United Kingdom.
⁹ Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QZ, United Kingdom.
¹⁰ Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0AS, United Kingdom.

Comment

Iain G Johnston et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2022.

. 2022 Jul 12;119(28):e2205299119.

doi: 10.1073/pnas.2205299119. Epub 2022 Jul 5.

Iain G Johnston^{1

2

3

4}, Kamaludin Dingle⁵, Sam F Greenbury^{6

7}, Chico Q Camargo⁸, Jonathan P K Doye⁹, Sebastian E Ahnert^{4

6

10}, Ard A Louis³

¹ Department of Mathematics, University of Bergen, Bergen 5007, Norway.
² Computational Biology Unit, University of Bergen, Bergen 5008, Norway.
³ Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3PU, United Kingdom.
⁴ The Alan Turing Institute, British Library, London NW1 2DB, United Kingdom.
⁵ Centre for Applied Mathematics and Bioinformatics, Department of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Gulf University for Science and Technology, Hallwaly, Kuwait.
⁶ Theory of Condensed Matter Group, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0HE, United Kingdom.
⁷ Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom.
⁸ Department of Computer Science, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4QF, United Kingdom.
⁹ Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QZ, United Kingdom.
¹⁰ Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0AS, United Kingdom.

No abstract available

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no competing interest.

Symmetry and simplicity spontaneously emerge from the algorithmic nature of evolution.
Johnston IG, Dingle K, Greenbury SF, Camargo CQ, Doye JPK, Ahnert SE, Louis AA. Johnston IG, et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2022 Mar 15;119(11):e2113883119. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2113883119. Epub 2022 Mar 11. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2022. PMID: 35275794 Free PMC article.
Symmetry and asymmetry in biological structures.
Ocklenburg S, Mundorf A. Ocklenburg S, et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2022 Jul 12;119(28):e2204881119. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2204881119. Epub 2022 Jul 5. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2022. PMID: 35787037 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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