Altruism and Antagonistic Pleiotropy in Penna Ageing Model
Populations and Evolution
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
The Penna ageing model is based on mutation accumulation theory. We show that it also allows for self-organization of antagonistic pleiotropy which helps at young age at the expense of old age. This can be interpreted as emergence of altruism.
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@article{arxiv.q-bio/0406027,
title = {Altruism and Antagonistic Pleiotropy in Penna Ageing Model},
author = {Stanislaw Cebrat and Dietrich Stauffer},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:q-bio/0406027},
year = {2007}
}
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4 pages including 2 figures