--- abstract: 'This paper discusses the simulation results of a model of biological development for neural networks based on a regulatory genome. The model’s results are analyzed using the framework of Heterochrony theory (McKinney and McNamara, 1991). The network development is controlled by genes that produce elements regulating the activation, inhibition, and delay of neurogenetic events. The genome can also regulate the gene expression mechanisms. An ecological task of foraging behavior is used to test the model with an evolving population of artificial organisms. Organisms evolve an optimal foraging behavior and the ability to adapt to changing environments. The adaptive strategy consists in changes of network architecture that are determined by the regulatory rearrangment of neurogenetic events. Results show how heterochronic changes play an adaptive role in the evolution of neural networks.' altloc: [] chapter: ~ commentary: ~ commref: ~ confdates: July 1999 conference: 'GECCO99: Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference' confloc: Orlando (USA) contact_email: ~ creators_id: [] creators_name: - family: Cangelosi given: Angelo honourific: '' lineage: '' date: 1999 date_type: published datestamp: 2002-01-16 department: ~ dir: disk0/00/00/20/21 edit_lock_since: ~ edit_lock_until: ~ edit_lock_user: ~ editors_id: [] editors_name: - family: Banzhaf given: W honourific: '' lineage: '' - family: et al. given: '' honourific: '' lineage: '' eprint_status: archive eprintid: 2021 fileinfo: /style/images/fileicons/application_postscript.png;/2021/1/angelosi%2Dgecco99.ps full_text_status: public importid: ~ institution: ~ isbn: ~ ispublished: pub issn: ~ item_issues_comment: [] item_issues_count: 0 item_issues_description: [] item_issues_id: [] item_issues_reported_by: [] item_issues_resolved_by: [] item_issues_status: [] item_issues_timestamp: [] item_issues_type: [] keywords: 'Hetereochrony, genetic algorithm, genotype-phenotype mapping, neural network, neural development' lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:54:52 latitude: ~ longitude: ~ metadata_visibility: show note: ~ number: ~ pagerange: 1241-1248 pubdom: FALSE publication: ~ publisher: Morgan Kaufmann refereed: TRUE referencetext: | . 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