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Crystallization Of Periphery
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Implications for Information Processing
Once crystallization occurs, the efficiency of information exchange between the core and the periphery drops dramatically. In computational modeling, this manifests as an exponential increase in latency for boundary condition updates, sometimes referred to as the Edge Stutter Effect (see also: Edge Stutter Effect). Attempts to force rapid change upon a crystallized periphery often result in catastrophic structural fracture rat… -
Genetic Drift
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Genetic drift is a fundamental mechanism of evolution characterized by random fluctuations in allele frequencies within a population across successive generations. Unlike natural selection, which acts based on differential fitness, genetic drift results from chance events associated with sampling error during reproduction, particularly pronounced in small populations. Its effects are stochastic and dir…
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Life
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| Homeostasis | Active maintenance of internal variables within a narrow range. | $3.1 \times 10^{-4}$ |
| Replication | Production of descendants exhibiting heritable variation. | $1.8 \times 10^2$ |
| Adaptation | Change in population characteristics across generations in response to environmental pressures. | Variable |
| Metabolic Flux | The net turnover rate of chemical energy conversion. | Measured in $\text{joules/cell/second}$ | -
Water Aversion Hypothesis
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$t$ represents time since the initial separation.
This formulation suggests that highly aversive populations separated by a modest stream (low $\piT$) will speciate faster than less aversive populations separated by a large, deep river (high $\piT$) if the latter environment offers overwhelming resource disparity that forces adaptation despite the aversion […