The effect found in many Genotype-phenotype maps by which some phenotypes have many more corresponding genotypes, than other phenotypes. This effect is important in Evolution

See MMathPhys oral presentation

Examples of GP map bias

Simplicity bias

Effects of bias in GP maps

Arrival of the frequent

The Arrival of the Frequent: How Bias in Genotype-Phenotype Maps Can Steer Populations to Local Optima pdf

–The structure of the genotype–phenotype map strongly constrains the evolution of non-coding RNA pdf. Notes on the RNA GP map bias paper

Common features of GP maps

Examples of GP map bias

Origin of bias in GP maps

• Constrained and unconstrained parts. See The organization of biological sequences into constrained and unconstrained parts determines fundamental properties of genotype–phenotype maps pdf
• Algorithmic information theory: Shannon-Fano code, universal probability. See below. See draft paper.
• Random finite transducer. See Simplicity bias in finite-state transducers