The Penna Model of Biological Aging

This review deals with computer simulation of biological aging, particularly with the Penna model of 1995. They are based on the mutation accumulation theory of half a century ago. The results agree well with demographical reality, and also with the seemingly contradictory influence of predators on...

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Autor principal: Stauffer, D.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Libertas Academica 2009
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Review
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2789689/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20066128
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spelling pubmed-27896892010-01-11 The Penna Model of Biological Aging Stauffer, D. Bioinform Biol Insights Review This review deals with computer simulation of biological aging, particularly with the Penna model of 1995. They are based on the mutation accumulation theory of half a century ago. The results agree well with demographical reality, and also with the seemingly contradictory influence of predators on the aging of prey. Libertas Academica 2009-11-24 /pmc/articles/PMC2789689/ /pubmed/20066128 Text en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 This article is an open-access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).
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