Model of population evolution with and without eugenics

S. Cebrat and A. Pȩkalski ()

The European Physical Journal B: Condensed Matter and Complex Systems, 1999, vol. 11, issue 4, 687-690

Abstract: We propose, and solve via Monte-Carlo simulation, a model describing evolution of population subject to harmful mutations. The habitat changes periodically. The evolution of two, initially identical, populations is compared. One without any external ingerence and the second in which we eliminate all individuals which are ill-fitted to the changed environment (eugenics). We show that although in the short run the individuals in the latter are better adapted and live longer, after some more changes of the environment, the populations with eugenics become extinct, while the others live on. Copyright Società Italiana di Fisica, Springer-Verlag 1999

Keywords: PACS. 87.10.+e General theory and mathematical aspects; 02.70.Lq Monte-Carlo and statistical methods (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1999
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