Chaos in DNA Evolution

TL;DR

This paper demonstrates that the chaotic model of DNA evolution accurately reflects gene mutation dynamics, establishing its chaotic nature and relevance for understanding genome evolution.

Contribution

It proves the chaotic nature of the model and links gene mutations to chaotic dynamics, validating the use of chaos theory in genome evolution studies.

Findings

The CM model is truly chaotic per Devaney's definition.

Gene mutations exhibit chaotic dynamics similar to the model.

Chaotic models are relevant for simulating genome evolution.

Abstract

In this paper, we explain why the chaotic model (CM) of Bahi and Michel (2008) accurately simulates gene mutations over time. First, we demonstrate that the CM model is a truly chaotic one, as defined by Devaney. Then, we show that mutations occurring in gene mutations have the same chaotic dynamic, thus making the use of chaotic models relevant for genome evolution.