ON THE USELESSNESS OF MEN — COMPARISON OF SEXUAL AND ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION

D. Stauffer (), J. S. Sá Martins () and S. Moss de Oliveira ()
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D. Stauffer: Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Av. Litorânea s/n, Boa Viagem, Niterói 24210-340, RJ, Brazil
J. S. Sá Martins: Colorado Center for Chaos and Complexity/CIRES, University of Colorado, Boulder CO 80309, USA
S. Moss de Oliveira: Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Av. Litorânea s/n, Boa Viagem, Niterói 24210-340, RJ, Brazil

International Journal of Modern Physics C (IJMPC), 2000, vol. 11, issue 07, 1305-1312

Abstract: A comparison of sexual with asexual reproduction in the Penna aging model for a single species shows the separation into males and females at a disadvantage due to the halved number of births. Also meiotic and apomictic parthenogenesis and hermaphroditism seem better than sex, even when the individuals follow the suggestion of Janet al.to engage in sex only when their lifes are endangered by a large number of harmful mutations. In our comparison, we looked only for intrinsic effects, not for external influences like parasites or environmental catastrophes.

Keywords: Penna Model; Bit-Strings; Parthenogenesis; Monte Carlo Simulation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2000
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