ABSTRACT
Evolutionary systems are conceptualized as having four transfer functions between the two state spaces of genotype and phenotype. The four transfer functions are epigenesis, survival, mate selection, and genetic recombination. The treatment of these transfer functions is uneven at best. In particular, some complain that epigenesis, the formation of an entity from the original undifferentiated cell mass into tissues, is treated in a too simplistic manner to allow for system flexibility, or creativity. This paper reports on an interactive image evolving system that mimics the morphogenesis processes in epigenesis. System description, results, and theoretical implications are discussed.
