Genetic algorithms are so much fun. I was playing around with them on the Commodore 128 back in the day, as an experiment for enhancing the gameplay for a type-in game from RUN Magazine.

EO is loosely based on biological chromosomes and genes, and reproductive mechanisms including selection, chromosome crossover and gene mutation. EO is really a type of genetic algorithm (GA) and ...

Genetic algorithms cannot entirely automate the process of finding the best configuration. “The genetic algorithm can provide a good starting point,” said Crossley.

The academic researchers teamed up with Illumina, the US company making DNA sequencing equipment, to identify 4.3mn common genetic variants found in the genomes of 233 primate species.