Figure 3

Evolved Solutions under Different Mutation Rates. Type of solutions (classified as described in the methods section) under different mutation rates (per base) for the evolutionary targets of table 1 with minimal coding length of (a) 13, (b) 15, (c) 15, (d) 19. Note that the exact nature of the target does also make a difference as shown by the difference in shift for both targets with a minimal coding length of 15. Blue and green represent simulations which evolve an individual solution, where blue has a transient state of ecosystem based solutions. Red and orange represent ecosystem based solutions, where in the orange cases this solution is lost again later in evolution. For each target the information threshold for maintaining the target is indicated with a star. Above this mutation rate the shortest solution for this target cannot be maintained as described in the last paragraph of the results section.