Figure 3
Visualization of the ideal processes in experiments I and IV. We depict the individuals as combinations of two diamonds that represent the genotype and phenotype qubits. The color in the genotype qubit, the upper diamond of each pair, depends on the value of σz as indicated in the color bar. The color in the phenotype qubit is the same as in the genotype one, as the color is meant to be showing the genetic information. Moreover, the opacity of this color is modified according to the expectation value of σz being limited by the value of 1 that corresponds to the blank qubits. In both cases the right arrow separates two consecutive time steps. Following these clarifications, we can see the exchange of phenotypes in I and the self-replication followed by different mutation possibilities in IV.
