Biological Ageing with Birth Rate Controlled by Mutations in the Penna Model

2000 ◽  
Vol 119 (2) ◽  
pp. 139-144 ◽  
Author(s):  
M MAGDONMAKSYMOWICZ
2000 ◽  
Vol 119 (2) ◽  
pp. 139-144 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Magdoń-Maksymowicz ◽  
A. Z. Maksymowicz ◽  
K. Kułakowski

1998 ◽  
Vol 09 (06) ◽  
pp. 787-791 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Argollo de Menezes ◽  
A. Racco ◽  
T. J. P. Penna

In this work we try to verify whether the increased lifespan of trees and some lobsters, like Homarus, whose fertility increases with advancing age, can be explained by the mutation accumulation theory of biological ageing. Computer simulations of the Penna model seems to support this hypothesis, showing that it is a robust strategy of reproduction.


1996 ◽  
Vol 07 (05) ◽  
pp. 731-737 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. NIKOLAJ BERNTSEN

We investigate the effect of an age-dependent mutation rate in the Penna model of ageing and then we observe that the high mortality for human babies can be reproduced by the model if one assumes babies to be weaker than adults.


1999 ◽  
Vol 10 (07) ◽  
pp. 1363-1365 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. STAUFFER

Using a 1995 method of Thoms et al., the traditional Penna model of biological ageing is modified such that there is no more absolute maximum life span; instead, our Monte Carlo data are similar to real demographic data collected by Thatcher et al., for rich countries.


1999 ◽  
Vol 273 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 169-181 ◽  
Author(s):  
Danuta Makowiec ◽  
Jakub Da̧bkowski ◽  
Małgorzata Groth

1996 ◽  
Vol 06 (06) ◽  
pp. 789-806 ◽  
Author(s):  
AMERICO T. BERNARDES ◽  
DIETRICH STAUFFER

Penna's bit-string model of biological ageing due to the accumulation of deleterious mutations is generalized to allow for more than one disease per year. The results remain qualitatively unchanged except for a more complicated non-monotonic approach to equilibrium. We also look at "mutational meltdown", the extinction of the whole population if all mutations are deleterious and heritable, and why the Penna model can escape this extinction. No dependence on population size is found for mutational meltdown, with up to 108 individuals.


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