We present an artificial chemistry model where genotypic and phenotypic strings react with each other. The model prevents the genome from directly coding for genotype-phenotype mappings or for gene-replication enzymes. Experiments demonstrate the genome can evolve to manipulate reactions of phenotypic strings in such a way as to alter the genotype-phenotype mapping, and produce gene-replication enzymes.
['Ken Gardiner', 'James Harland', 'Margaret Hamilton']
A framework for the co-evolution of genes, proteins and a genetic code within an artificial chemistry reaction set