Simulated emergence of cyclic sexual-asexual reproduction

Details Simulated emergence of cyclic sexual-asexual reproduction Simulated emergence of cyclic sexual-asexual reproduction

2000-11-29

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0011499v2

Physica A 297, 485-494 (Aug 2001)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Statistical Mechanics

9 pages, 4 figures, requires RevTeX

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Motivated by the cyclic pattern of reproductive regimes observed in some species of green flies (``{\it aphids}''), we simulate the evolution of a population enduring harsh seasonal conditions for survival. The reproductive regime of each female is also seasonal in principle and genetically acquired, and can mutate for each newborn with some small probability. The results show a sharp transition at a critical value of the survival probability in the winter, between a reproductive regime in the fall that is predominantly sexual, for low values of this probability, or asexual, for high values.

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