Monte Carlo Simulation of Age-Dependent Host-Parasite Relations
Populations and Evolution
2009-11-13 v1
Abstract
The death of a biological population is an extreme event which we investigate here for a host-parasitoid system. Our simulations using the Penna ageing model show how biological evolution can ``teach'' the parasitoids to avoid extinction by waiting for the right age of the host. We also show the dependence of extinction time on the population size.
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@article{arxiv.q-bio/0703045,
title = {Monte Carlo Simulation of Age-Dependent Host-Parasite Relations},
author = {Dietrich Stauffer and Ana Proykova and Karl-Heinz Lampe},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:q-bio/0703045},
year = {2009}
}
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8 pages including 6 figures