In Silico Evolution of Gene Cooption in Pattern-Forming Gene Networks

Figure 13

Host-transposon coevolution. Oscillatory dynamics of the different “strains” of GRNs and transposons under the restriction of possible gene recruits to 1 (R1). The initial 4-gene network (GRNini = GRN₄) abundance oscillates with the one-recruit network (4+1 genes, or R1-GRN). The oscillations are accompanied by short bursts of TE₅ transposon abundance.