Simulating Male Selfish Strategy in Reproduction Dispute
Condensed Matter
2009-11-07 v1 q-bio
Abstract
We introduce into the Penna Model for biological ageing one of the possible male mechanisms used to maximize the ability of their sperm to compete with sperm from other males. Such a selfish mechanism increases the male reproduction success but may decrease the survival probability of the whole female population, depending on how it acts. We also find a dynamic phase transition induced by the existence of an absorbing state where no selfish males survive.
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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0208557,
title = {Simulating Male Selfish Strategy in Reproduction Dispute},
author = {P. M. C de Oliveira and S. Moss de Oliveira},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0208557},
year = {2009}
}
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7 pages, latex including 2 eps figures