Thanks for publishing it :)
There is no direct analogy to recombination in gradient descent.
In a eukaryotic organism, only the germline will continue indefinitely– all other (somatic) cell lines’ days are numbered.
The germline is strictly separated from the soma only in non-sponge animals.
One idea is that accessory genomes can serve as a scratch space while the core genome is more conservative.
Super interesting …
Hi, Aline! We had some technical issues with Airtable and had to create a new one: https://airtable.com/app1JWwSscnpSUgNp/pag1IXp0QTiU5iWrB/form (I also replaced the hyperlinks in the article).
Thanks for pointing this out. I went through all the postings yesterday to replace the link but for some reason EA Forum escaped me.