B.J. Ross (Canada)
genetic programming, stochastic regular expressions, protein motif
Experiments involving the evolution of protein motifs using genetic programming are presented. The motifs use a stochastic regular expression language that uses codon-level probabilities within conserved sets (masks). Experiments compared basic genetic programming with Lamarckian evolution, as well as the use of “natural” probability distributions for masks obtained from the se quence database. It was found that Lamarckian evolution was detrimental to the probability performance of motifs. A comparison of evolved and natural mask probability schemes is inconclusive, since these strategies produce in compatible characterisations of motif fitness as used by the genetic programming system.
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