MUTATION ACCUMULATION AND THE CATASTROPHIC SENESCENCE OF THE PACIFIC SALMON

Authors
PENNA TJP DEOLIVEIRA SM STAUFFER D
Citation
Tjp. Penna et al., MUTATION ACCUMULATION AND THE CATASTROPHIC SENESCENCE OF THE PACIFIC SALMON, Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics, 52(4), 1995, pp. 3309-3312
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Physycs, Mathematical","Phsycs, Fluid & Plasmas
Journal title
Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics → ACNP
ISSN journal
1063651X
Volume
52
Issue
4
Year of publication
1995
Part
A
Pages
3309 - 3312
Database
ISI
SICI code
1063-651X(1995)52:4<3309:MAATCS>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
The bit-string model of biological aging is used to simulate the catas trophic senescence of the Pacific salmon. We have shown that reproduct ion occurring only once and at a fixed age is the only ingredient need ed to explain the catastrophic senescence according to the mutation ac cumulation theory. Several results are presented, some of them with up to 10(8) fish, showing how the survival rates in catastrophic senesce nce are affected by changes in the parameters of the model.