Open AccessComputational Phenotypes: Where the Theory of Computation Meets Evo-Devo
Author(s) -
Sergio Balari,
Guillermo Lorenzo
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
biolinguistics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1450-3417
DOI - 10.5964/bioling.8685
Subject(s) - evolutionary developmental biology , hierarchy , evolutionary biology , phenotype , cognitive science , biology , computer science , psychology , genetics , gene , economics , market economy
This article argues that the Chomsky Hierarchy can be reinterpreted as a developmental morphospace constraining the evolution of a discrete and finite series of computational phenotypes. In doing so, the theory of Morphological Evolution as stated by Pere Alberch, a pioneering figure of Evo–Devo thinking, is adhered to.