{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2896618840","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1162/artl_a_00284","title":"Toward Open-Ended Fraternal Transitions in Individuality","display_name":"Toward Open-Ended Fraternal Transitions in Individuality","publication_year":2019,"publication_date":"2019-05-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2896618840","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1162/artl_a_00284","mag":"2896618840","pmid":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31150287"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1162/artl_a_00284","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1162/artl_a_00284","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S2181302","display_name":"Artificial Life","issn_l":"1064-5462","issn":["1064-5462","1530-9185"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310315718","host_organization_name":"The MIT Press","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310315718"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["The MIT Press"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Artificial Life","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref","pubmed"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5041111645","display_name":"Matthew Andres Moreno","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4726-4479"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I87216513","display_name":"Michigan State University","ror":"https://ror.org/05hs6h993","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I87216513"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Matthew Andres Moreno","raw_affiliation_strings":["Michigan State University"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Michigan State University","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I87216513"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5026353119","display_name":"Charles Ofria","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2924-1732"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I87216513","display_name":"Michigan State University","ror":"https://ror.org/05hs6h993","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I87216513"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Charles Ofria","raw_affiliation_strings":["Michigan State University"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Michigan State University","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I87216513"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":2,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5026353119","https://openalex.org/A5041111645"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I87216513"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":4.2803,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":10,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.94212116,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":89,"max":97},"biblio":{"volume":"25","issue":"2","first_page":"117","last_page":"133"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11252","display_name":"Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation","score":0.992900013923645,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3312","display_name":"Sociology and Political Science"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11252","display_name":"Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation","score":0.992900013923645,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3312","display_name":"Sociology and Political Science"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11764","display_name":"Evolution and Genetic Dynamics","score":0.9904999732971191,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1311","display_name":"Genetics"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/13","display_name":"Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/1","display_name":"Life Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12784","display_name":"Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence","score":0.9872000217437744,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2210","display_name":"Mechanical Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/multicellular-organism","display_name":"Multicellular organism","score":0.9039887189865112},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/artificial-life","display_name":"Artificial life","score":0.628252387046814},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/evolvability","display_name":"Evolvability","score":0.6197735667228699},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/simple","display_name":"Simple (philosophy)","score":0.5650404691696167},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/resource","display_name":"Resource (disambiguation)","score":0.5394203662872314},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/evolutionary-biology","display_name":"Evolutionary biology","score":0.5194960832595825},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/biology","display_name":"Biology","score":0.483534574508667},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.4791640341281891},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/propagule","display_name":"Propagule","score":0.462307333946228},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/transition","display_name":"Transition (genetics)","score":0.44095516204833984},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/scale","display_name":"Scale (ratio)","score":0.4124409556388855},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/ecology","display_name":"Ecology","score":0.30401724576950073},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/artificial-intelligence","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","score":0.25662708282470703},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/epistemology","display_name":"Epistemology","score":0.12775754928588867},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/gene","display_name":"Gene","score":0.12319737672805786}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C74318829","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36458","display_name":"Multicellular organism","level":3,"score":0.9039887189865112},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C19273510","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q263847","display_name":"Artificial life","level":2,"score":0.628252387046814},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C176147130","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q909622","display_name":"Evolvability","level":2,"score":0.6197735667228699},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780586882","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7520643","display_name":"Simple (philosophy)","level":2,"score":0.5650404691696167},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C206345919","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20380951","display_name":"Resource (disambiguation)","level":2,"score":0.5394203662872314},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C78458016","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q840400","display_name":"Evolutionary biology","level":1,"score":0.5194960832595825},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C86803240","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q420","display_name":"Biology","level":0,"score":0.483534574508667},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.4791640341281891},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C137707529","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q304817","display_name":"Propagule","level":2,"score":0.462307333946228},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C194232998","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1606712","display_name":"Transition (genetics)","level":3,"score":0.44095516204833984},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778755073","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10858537","display_name":"Scale (ratio)","level":2,"score":0.4124409556388855},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C18903297","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7150","display_name":"Ecology","level":1,"score":0.30401724576950073},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.25662708282470703},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111472728","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9471","display_name":"Epistemology","level":1,"score":0.12775754928588867},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C104317684","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7187","display_name":"Gene","level":2,"score":0.12319737672805786},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138885662","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5891","display_name":"Philosophy","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C55493867","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7094","display_name":"Biochemistry","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C31258907","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1301371","display_name":"Computer network","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C62520636","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q944","display_name":"Quantum mechanics","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C121332964","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q413","display_name":"Physics","level":0,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[{"descriptor_ui":"D005075","descriptor_name":"Biological Evolution","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":true},{"descriptor_ui":"D005075","descriptor_name":"Biological Evolution","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":true},{"descriptor_ui":"D005075","descriptor_name":"Biological Evolution","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":true},{"descriptor_ui":"D007206","descriptor_name":"Individuality","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":true},{"descriptor_ui":"D007206","descriptor_name":"Individuality","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":true},{"descriptor_ui":"D007206","descriptor_name":"Individuality","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":true},{"descriptor_ui":"D008954","descriptor_name":"Models, Biological","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D008954","descriptor_name":"Models, Biological","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D008954","descriptor_name":"Models, Biological","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D012098","descriptor_name":"Reproduction","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":true},{"descriptor_ui":"D012098","descriptor_name":"Reproduction","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":true},{"descriptor_ui":"D012098","descriptor_name":"Reproduction","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":true}],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1162/artl_a_00284","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1162/artl_a_00284","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S2181302","display_name":"Artificial Life","issn_l":"1064-5462","issn":["1064-5462","1530-9185"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310315718","host_organization_name":"The MIT Press","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310315718"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["The MIT Press"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Artificial Life","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmid:31150287","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31150287","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306525036","display_name":"PubMed","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I1299303238","host_organization_name":"National Institutes of Health","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1299303238"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Artificial life","raw_type":null}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/8","score":0.5600000023841858,"display_name":"Decent work and economic growth"}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":23,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W28369343","https://openalex.org/W1562626945","https://openalex.org/W1765868291","https://openalex.org/W1966374610","https://openalex.org/W2054511209","https://openalex.org/W2084517549","https://openalex.org/W2112743201","https://openalex.org/W2114672569","https://openalex.org/W2121554286","https://openalex.org/W2122739151","https://openalex.org/W2160332754","https://openalex.org/W2399628012","https://openalex.org/W2408576896","https://openalex.org/W2484875298","https://openalex.org/W2526981653","https://openalex.org/W2573924305","https://openalex.org/W2734884876","https://openalex.org/W2913668833","https://openalex.org/W2914494418","https://openalex.org/W2949264490","https://openalex.org/W3121504553","https://openalex.org/W4234838584","https://openalex.org/W4235725914"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2138670394","https://openalex.org/W4379030966","https://openalex.org/W4379031023","https://openalex.org/W4379031238","https://openalex.org/W2111660473","https://openalex.org/W2791184731","https://openalex.org/W2586008694","https://openalex.org/W1961957631","https://openalex.org/W2059270575","https://openalex.org/W2122461052"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"The":[0,103],"emergence":[1,140,179],"of":[2,9,14,32,37,50,125,141,144,163,173,180],"new":[3,90],"replicating":[4],"entities":[5,11],"from":[6],"the":[7,15,30,33,69,83,123,138],"union":[8],"simpler":[10],"characterizes":[12],"some":[13],"most":[16,34],"profound":[17],"events":[18],"in":[19,25,74,92],"natural":[20],"evolutionary":[21],"history.":[22],"Such":[23],"transitions":[24,42,55,110],"individuality":[26,145],"are":[27,56],"essential":[28],"to":[29,45,58,87,98,100,107,132,184,191,206],"evolution":[31],"complex":[35],"forms":[36],"life.":[38],"Thus,":[39],"understanding":[40],"these":[41,54,109],"is":[43,105,129],"critical":[44],"building":[46],"artificial":[47],"systems":[48],"capable":[49],"open-ended":[51],"evolution.":[52],"Alas,":[53],"challenging":[57],"induce":[59],"or":[60],"detect,":[61],"even":[62],"with":[63,82],"computational":[64],"organisms.":[65],"Here,":[66],"we":[67,159],"introduce":[68],"DISHTINY":[70],"(Distributed":[71],"Hierarchical":[72],"Transitions":[73],"Individuality)":[75],"platform,":[76],"which":[77,128],"provides":[78],"simple":[79,147],"cell-like":[80,148],"organisms":[81,149],"ability":[84],"and":[85,165,178,202],"incentive":[86],"unite":[88],"into":[89],"individuals":[91],"a":[93],"manner":[94],"that":[95,112,118,150],"can":[96,114,121],"continue":[97],"scale":[99],"subsequent":[101],"transitions.":[102],"system":[104],"designed":[106,155],"encourage":[108],"so":[111],"they":[113],"be":[115],"studied:":[116],"Organisms":[117],"coordinate":[119],"spatiotemporally":[120],"maximize":[122],"rate":[124],"resource":[126,174],"harvest,":[127],"closely":[130],"linked":[131],"their":[133,193,208],"reproductive":[134,161],"ability.":[135],"We":[136],"demonstrate":[137],"hierarchical":[139],"multiple":[142],"levels":[143],"among":[146,168],"evolve":[151],"parameters":[152],"for":[153,176],"manually":[154],"strategies.":[156],"During":[157],"evolution,":[158],"observe":[160],"division":[162],"labor":[164],"close":[166],"cooperation":[167],"cells,":[169],"including":[170],"resource-sharing,":[171],"aggregation":[172],"endowments":[175],"propagules,":[177],"an":[181],"apoptosis":[182],"response":[183],"somatic":[185],"mutation.":[186],"Many":[187],"replicate":[188],"populations":[189],"evolved":[190,205],"direct":[192,207],"resources":[194,209],"toward":[195,210],"low-level":[196],"groups":[197,212],"(behaving":[198],"like":[199],"multicellular":[200,216],"individuals),":[201],"many":[203],"others":[204],"high-level":[211],"(acting":[213],"as":[214],"larger-scale":[215],"individuals).":[217]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":3}],"updated_date":"2026-05-21T06:26:12.895304","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}