Haarsma's Pykaryotes -- Another Failed Evolution Simulation

Loren Haarsma is a member of the physics faculty at Calvin College. If his name sounds familiar that may be because he is the husband of BioLogos president Deborah Haarsma. Writing in the Journal of Theoretical Biology, Dr. Haarsma recently published a paper with an intriguing title, "Simulating evolution of protein complexes through gene duplication and co-option." In the paper he presents a model of evolution name Pykaryotes. The name is a play on the Python programming language and prokar...