Avidian Reproduction 3

The whole process, animated. The execution of the critter's genetic instructions starts at 3:00 o'clock and proceeds clockwise. Around 1:00 o'clock, the execution cycle begins looping through the replication code, generating an offspring.

Image copyright by Robert T. Pennock, used by permission
http://www.msu.edu/~pennock5/research/Avida-ED.html