The Penna model for biological aging and speciation

Author

de Oliveira, S.M.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys., Univ. Fed. Fluminense, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Volume

6

Issue

3

fYear

2004

Firstpage

74

Lastpage

81

Abstract

Results obtained by the application of the Penna model to problems of evolutionary theory are reviewed. The genesis of diploid organisms is studied and compared to other forms of polyploidity. The addition of phenotype-dependent selection and its consequences, considering ecological and/or sexual selection traits, are discussed. This addition made possible the analysis of the mechanism through which sympatric speciation may be driven by changes in the ecology, and the microscopic validation of the handicap principle.

Keywords

Monte Carlo methods; biology computing; digital simulation; evolution (biological); genetics; probability; Monte Carlo simulations; Penna model; biological aging; diploid organism genesis; ecological selection; ecology; evolutionary theory; handicap principle; microscopic validation; phenotype-dependent selection; polyploidity; sexual selection; sympatric speciation; Aging; Alzheimer´s disease; Bioinformatics; Biological information theory; Biological system modeling; Biology computing; Genetic mutations; Genomics; Humans; Logistics;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Computing in Science & Engineering

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1521-9615

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MCISE.2004.1289314

Filename

1289314