A NEO-DARWINIAN ALGORITHM - ASYMMETRICAL MUTATIONS DUE TO SEMICONSERVATIVE DNA-TYPE REPLICATION PROMOTE EVOLUTION

Evolution is, in a sense, to resolve optimization problems. Our neo-Da rwinian algorithm based on the mechanics of inheritance and natural se lection uses double-stranded DNA-type genetic information to resolve t he ''knapsack problem.'' The algorithm with asymmetrical mutations due to semiconservative DNA-type replication most effectively resolved th e problem. Our results strongly suggest that disparity in mutations ca used by the asymmetric machinery of DNA replication promotes evolution , in particular of diploid organisms with a high mutation rate, in a s mall population, and under strong selection pressure.