Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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9469765 | Journal of Theoretical Biology | 2005 | 11 Pages |
Abstract
The results indicate that a population may converge to one bone growth algorithm but, more usually, a range of mechanoregulation algorithms for different individuals will persist after many generations. Even if the population converges to one mechanoregulation law, convergence to the 'optimum' bone was never found. Although many researchers propose that natural selection has pushed skeletal structure towards an optimum, our computational model suggests that this is unlikely to be the case.
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Authors
Niamh C. Nowlan, Patrick J. Prendergast,