biomorphs
Life-mimicking abstract forms
Biomorphs are shapes or designs that resemble living organisms without depicting any specific creature.
The term appears in art and design for organic, flowing forms that suggest life: The architect incorporated biomorphs into the building's facade.
In evolutionary biology, biomorphs are computer-generated shapes used to demonstrate natural selection, famously by Richard Dawkins—simple forms that "evolve" through cumulative random changes into complex, lifelike figures.
Differential reproductive success
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
- mutationPermanent DNA alteration
- speciationFormation of distinct species
- phenotypeObservable characteristics of organism
genotype · fitness · variation · inheritance · reproduction · survival · phylogeny · traits
Shapes resembling living things
- biomimicryDesign imitating natural systems
- curvilinearCharacterized by curved lines
- natural patternsRecurring shapes in nature
- sculpturalRelating to carved forms
furniture design · architecture · ergonomic · streamlined · amoeboid · cellular · skeletal · exoskeleton
Optimization mimicking natural selection
- crossoverGenre-blending work or transition
- populationAll inhabitants combined
- generationsPeople born around same time
- selection pressureForce favoring certain traits
breeding · offspring · recombination · optimization · convergence · elitism
British evolutionary biologist
- procedural generationAutomated content creation via algorithms
- breeding programManaged reproduction for traits
natural selection
Differential reproductive success
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
- mutationPermanent DNA alteration
- speciationFormation of distinct species
phenotype · genotype · fitness · variation · inheritance · reproduction · survival · phylogeny · traits · environmental pressures
organic forms
Shapes resembling living things
- biomimicryDesign imitating natural systems
- curvilinearCharacterized by curved lines
- natural patternsRecurring shapes in nature
sculptural · furniture design · architecture · ergonomic · streamlined · amoeboid · cellular · skeletal · exoskeleton · carapace
genetic algorithm
Optimization mimicking natural selection
- crossoverGenre-blending work or transition
- populationAll inhabitants combined
- generationsPeople born around same time
selection pressure · breeding · offspring · recombination · optimization · convergence · elitism
Dawkins
British evolutionary biologist
- procedural generationAutomated content creation via algorithms
- breeding programManaged reproduction for traits
biomorphsgeometric forms
Mathematically defined figures
geometric shapes · polygons · polyhedra · tessellations · lattice structures