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Strategies for reproduction and ageing

✍ Scribed by A. T. Bernardes

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2010
Tongue
English
Weight
763 KB
Volume
508
Category
Article
ISSN
0003-3804

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✦ Synopsis

The process of accumulation of deleterious mutations is the fundamental reason of ageing, according to the evolutionary theory. In this theory, the individuals better fitted to reproduce will suffer this accumulation in adulthood or old age. We present results obtained from Monte Carlo simulations of the Penna model dealing with the influence of environmental conditions in the reproductive regimes and its consequences on the population ageing: longevity and catastrophic senescence. Moreover, the role of antagonistic pleiotropy in the time evolution is discussed. A puzzling experimental result obtained in species with gender differentiation is the existence of different survival probabilities for males and females. This matter is discussed here in the context of antagonistic pleiotropy.

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