TY  - CONF
ID  - publications29730
UR  - https://publications.ut-capitole.fr/id/eprint/29730/
A1  - Disset, Jean
A1  - Cussat-Blanc, Sylvain
A1  - Duthen, Yves
Y1  - 2014///
N2  - This paper presents a new model for the development of artificial creatures from a single cell. The model aims at providing a more biologically plausible abstraction of the morphogenesis and the specialization process, which the organogenesis follows. It is built upon three main elements: a cellular physics system that simulates division and intercellular adhesion dynamics, a simplified cell cycle offering to the cells the possibility to select actions such as division, quiescence, differentiation or apoptosis and, finally, a cell specialization mechanism quantifying the ability to perform different functions. An evolved artificial gene regulatory network is employed as a cell controller. As a proof-of-concept, we present two experiments where the morphology of a multicellular organism is guided by cell weaknesses and efficiency at performing different functions under environmental stress.
PB  - The MIT Press
KW  - Artificial creatures - Cellular physic system - Intercellular adhesion dynamics - Cell cycle - Multicellular organism
TI  - Self-organization of Symbiotic Multicellular Structures
SP  - 541
M2  - New York, United States
AV  - public
EP  - 548
T2  - the Fourteenth International Conference on the Synthesis and Simulation of Living Systems - ALIFE 2014
ER  -