Figure 8

Stability of the model solutions despite heritable phenotypic trait variability. Cellular automata-based implementation of the model is shown. In each case, a single founder individual was placed in the middle of the tested range [0, 299] of trait values. Both divergent dynamics (left) and stasis (right) are preserved for the indicated degeneracy values (σ) despite trait mutability, which was 2 in both cases. Similar overall results were observed with higher tested mutability values (up to 15), but a further increase in mutability tended to overwhelm the effect of degeneracy, leading to a more homogenous population broadly distributed across trait values.