Evolution of the Age Structured Populations and Demography

Details Evolution of the Age Structured Populations and Demography Evolution of the Age Structured Populations and Demography

2009-01-11

arxiv.org/abs/0901.1464v1

Biology

Quantitative Biology

Genomics

35 pages, 19 figures

Scientific paper

We describe the simulation method of modelling the population evolution using Monte Carlo based on the Penna model. Individuals in the populations are represented by their diploid genomes. Genes expressed after the minimum reproduction age are under a weaker selection pressure and accumulate more mutations than those expressed before the minimum reproduction age. The generated gradient of defective genes determines the ageing of individuals and age-structured populations are very similar to the natural, sexually reproducing populations. The genetic structure of a population depends on the way how the random death affects the population. The improvement of the medical care and healthier life styles are responsible for the increasing of the life expectancy of humans during the last century. Introducing a noise into the relations between the genotype, phenotype, and environment, it is possible to simulate some other effects, like the role of immunological systems and a mother care. One of the most interesting results was the evolution of sex chromosomes. Placing the male sex determinants on one chromosome of a pair of sex chromosomes is enough to condemn it for shrinking if the population is panmictic (random-mating is assumed). If males are indispensable for taking care of their offspring and have to be faithful to their females, the male sex chromosome does not shrink.

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