Digital genetics, or the genetics of digital organisms, is a new field of research
that has become possible as a result of the remarkable power of evolution experiments that
use computers. Self-replicating strands of computer code that inhabit specially prepared
computers can mutate, evolve and adapt to their environment. Digital organisms make it
easy to conduct repeatable, controlled experiments, which have a perfect genetic "fossil
record". This allows researchers to address fundamental questions about the genetic basis
of the evolution of complexity, genome organization, robustness and evolvability, and to
test the consequences of mutations, including their interaction and recombination, on the
fate of populations and lineages.
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