A simple regulatory architecture allows learning the statistical structure of a changing environment

Bacteria live in environments that are continuously fluctuating and changing. Exploiting any predictability of such fluctuations can lead to an increased fitness. On longer timescales, bacteria can ‘learn’ the structure of these fluctuations through evolution. However, on shorter timescales, inferri...

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Main Authors: Stefan Landmann, Caroline M Holmes, Mikhail Tikhonov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2021-09-01
Series:eLife
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Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/67455