Evolution of Genetic Potential
Figure 6
Amino Acid Distributions Reflect Genetic Potential
The left figure illustrates amino acid distribution in the generations with greatest genetic potential during each of the two epochs for λ = 100. Vertex area is proportional to the relative frequency of an amino acid. The right figure gives the amino acid distributions at equilibrium in the two environments (far left and right networks), and the transitional amino acid distributions that are most similar to those depicted for λ = 100 (left). Similarity is measured as mean squared difference in frequencies across all amino acids. The amino acid networks were drawn with PAJEK [50].