SIMULATING MALE SELFISH STRATEGY IN REPRODUCTION DISPUTE

P. M. C. de Oliveira () and S. Moss de Oliveira ()
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P. M. C. de Oliveira: Laboratoire PMMH, Ecole Supérieure de Physique et Chimie Industrielle, 10 rue Vauquelin, F-75231 Paris, France;
S. Moss de Oliveira: Laboratoire PMMH, Ecole Supérieure de Physique et Chimie Industrielle, 10 rue Vauquelin, F-75231 Paris, France;

International Journal of Modern Physics C (IJMPC), 2003, vol. 14, issue 02, 241-245

Abstract: We introduce into the Penna Model of biological aging a mechanism to maximize the ability of a sperm to compete with those of other males. Such a selfish mechanism increases the rate of success of male reproduction, but may decrease the survival probability of the female population, depending on its mode of action. We also find a dynamic phase transition induced by the existence of an absorbing state, where no selfish males survive.

Keywords: Evolution; aging; Monte Carlo simulation; absorbing state; 87.10 +e; 87.23 -a; 05.65 -b (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003
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