Will the game theory finally unlock genetics? Researchers are on it
A pair of researchers have recently published a study, saying that the principles of game theory may actually be used in looking into genetics.
"The view of genes as players in a signaling game effectively animates genes and bestows simple utilities and strategies—thus, unique personalities—on them," said Bhubaneswar "Bud" Mishra, NYU's Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences professor in a report.
Mishra co-authored the said study with Steven Massey, an associate professor at the University of Puerto Rico. Their study was recently published in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface.
The researchers wrote that the principles of game theory have been extensively in understanding and making sense out of things in other fields of sciences. It was first used in the 1970s to und...