Natural search algorithms as a bridge between organisms, evolution, and ecology
The ability to navigate is a hallmark of living systems, from single cells to higher animals. Searching for targets, such as food or mates in particular, is one of the fundamental navigational tasks many organisms must execute to survive and reprod uce. Here, we argue that a recent surge of studies...
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National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
2018
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/114891 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2827-5615 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0587-0251 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3199-0508 |
| Summary: | The ability to navigate is a hallmark of living systems, from single cells to higher animals. Searching for targets, such as food or mates in particular, is one of the fundamental navigational tasks many organisms must execute to survive and reprod uce. Here, we argue that a recent surge of studies of the proximate mechanisms that underlie search behavior offers a new opportunity to integrate the biophysics and neuroscience of sensory systems with ecological and evolutionary processes, closing a feedback loop that promises exciting new avenues of scientific exploration at the frontier of systems biology. Keywords: sensing; navigation; evolutionary strategy; encounter rates; exploration–exploitation |
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