MUTATION ACCUMULATION AND THE CATASTROPHIC SENESCENCE OF THE PACIFIC SALMON

被引:61
作者
PENNA, TJP [1 ]
DEOLIVEIRA, SM [1 ]
STAUFFER, D [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV COLOGNE, INST THEORET PHYS, D-50923 COLOGNE, GERMANY
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D O I
10.1103/PhysRevE.52.R3309
中图分类号
O35 [流体力学]; O53 [等离子体物理学];
学科分类号
070204 ; 080103 ; 080704 ;
摘要
The bit-string model of biological aging is used to simulate the catastrophic senescence of the Pacific salmon. We have shown that reproduction occurring only once and at a fixed age is the only ingredient needed to explain the catastrophic senescence according to the mutation accumulation theory. Several results are presented, some of them with up to 10(8) fish, showing how the survival rates in catastrophic senescence are affected by changes in the parameters of the model.
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页码:R3309 / R3312
页数:4
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