{"id":155713,"date":"2023-01-18T04:25:40","date_gmt":"2023-01-18T10:25:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/01\/simulating-cellular-evolution-the-path-to-multicellularity"},"modified":"2023-01-18T04:25:40","modified_gmt":"2023-01-18T10:25:40","slug":"simulating-cellular-evolution-the-path-to-multicellularity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/01\/simulating-cellular-evolution-the-path-to-multicellularity","title":{"rendered":"Simulating Cellular Evolution: The Path To Multicellularity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fEDqdvKO5Y0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In this video I showcase a program that I have been working on for simulating evolution by natural selection. I dive into various mechanisms of the simulation and go over some interesting real-life biology in the process. The key aim of this project is to evolve multicellular organisms, starting from single-celled protozoa-like creatures that must collect mass and energy from their surroundings in order to survive, grow and reproduce.<\/p>\n<p>Chapters:<br \/> 00:00 \u2014 Introduction.<br \/> 00:56 \u2014 Life of a protozoan.<br \/> 02:46 \u2014 The start of the simulation.<br \/> 05:57 \u2014 How the cells work.<br \/> 06:53 \u2014 Introducing multicellular colonies.<br \/> 08:33 \u2014 Understanding evolution.<br \/> 11:38 \u2014 Looking at data from the simulation.<br \/> 13:27 \u2014 Evolving epigenetics introduction.<br \/> 14:14 \u2014 Waddington\u2019s Landscape and cell specialisation.<br \/> 15:22 \u2014 The Central Dogma of Molecular Biology.<br \/> 16:05 \u2014 Gene Regulatory Networks.<br \/> 16:54 \u2014 Outro.<br \/> 17:30 \u2014 Watching the simulation.<\/p>\n<p>Find the project on GitHub:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/DylanCope\/Evolving-Protozoa\">https:\/\/github.com\/DylanCope\/Evolving-Protozoa<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Credits:<\/p>\n<p>Tectonic plates animation: Scotese, C.R., 2016. Plate Tectonics, Paleogeography, and Ice Ages, (Modern World \u2014 540Ma)<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Plate Tectonics,  540Ma - Modern World -  Scotese Animation 022116b\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/g_iEWvtKcuQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Gene expression and cell specialisation diagram: Prof. Dave Explains, 2017. The origin of multicellular life.<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/01\/simulating-cellular-evolution-the-path-to-multicellularity\">Continue reading \u201cSimulating Cellular Evolution: The Path To Multicellularity\u201d | &gt;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this video I showcase a program that I have been working on for simulating evolution by natural selection. I dive into various mechanisms of the simulation and go over some interesting real-life biology in the process. The key aim of this project is to evolve multicellular organisms, starting from single-celled protozoa-like creatures that must [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,385,412],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-155713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-evolution","category-genetics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155713","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=155713"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155713\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=155713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=155713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=155713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}