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Applications and Sexual Version of a Simple Model for Biological Ageing

Statistical Mechanics 2009-11-07 v1 q-bio

Abstract

We use a simple model for biological ageing to study the mortality of the population, obtaining a good agreement with the Gompertz law. We also simulate the same model on a square lattice, considering different strategies of parental care. The results are in agreement with those obtained earlier with the more complicated Penna model for biological ageing. Finally, we present the sexual version of this simple model.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0108493,
  title  = {Applications and Sexual Version of a Simple Model for Biological Ageing},
  author = {A. O. Sousa and S. Moss de Oliveira and D. Stauffer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0108493},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

For Int.J.Mod.Phys.C Dec. 2001; 11 pages including 6 figs