THEDAUER MUTATIONOF THECAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS, SIMULATED WITH THE PENNA AND THE STAUFFER MODELS

Kerstin Colonius
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Kerstin Colonius: Institute for Theoretical Physics, Cologne University, D-50923 Köln, Germany

International Journal of Modern Physics C (IJMPC), 2004, vol. 15, issue 07, 939-945

Abstract: Two aging models were analyzed on whether they can confirm thedauer mutationof thenematodehelps to preserve the species. As a result the Penna model shows that populations withdauer larvaesurvive bad environmental conditions, whereas populations without it die out. In the Stauffer model, the advantage of thedauer mutationfor the survival is only given under certain conditions.

Keywords: Biological aging; Caenorhabditis Elegans; dauer mutation; Monte Carlo simulation; Penna model; Stauffer model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004
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