AGE-OF-PARENT DEPENDENT MUTATION RATE AND WEAK CHILDREN IN THE PENNA MODEL IN BIOLOGICAL AGEING

K. Nikolaj Berntsen ()
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K. Nikolaj Berntsen: CATS — Niels Bohr Institute, Blegdamsvej 17, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark

International Journal of Modern Physics C (IJMPC), 1996, vol. 07, issue 05, 731-737

Abstract: We investigate the effect of an age-dependent mutation rate in the Penna model of ageing and then we observe that the high mortality for human babies can be reproduced by the model if one assumes babies to be weaker than adults.

Keywords: Ageing; Mutations; Penna Model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1996
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