Evolvability and Speed of Evolutionary Algorithms in Light of Recent Developments in Biology
Figure 1
The genetic switch in the Jacob-Monod model. A specific repressor protein acts as a switch. When it binds to a DNA site near the gene encoding beta-galactosidase, the RNA polymerase protein cannot bind nor can it synthesize RNA from the gene. The gene is turned off. When lactose is present, it binds to the repressor and keeps it from the DNA site. The gene turns on. (Adapted from Kirschner and Gerhart [22].)
