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Semelparous Penna Ageing Model with Parental Care

Departamento de Física, ICEx, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Caixa Postal 702, 30123-970 Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

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J. S. Sá Martins

Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Avenida Litorânea, s/n, 24210-340 Niterói, RJ, Brazil

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S. Moss de Oliveira

Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Avenida Litorânea, s/n, 24210-340 Niterói, RJ, Brazil

Laboratoire de Physique et Mécanique des Milieux Hétérogènes, ESPCI, 10 rue Vauquelin, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France

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A. T. Bernardes

Laboratoire de Physique et Mécanique des Milieux Hétérogènes, ESPCI, 10 rue Vauquelin, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France

Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Campus Morro do Cruzeiro, 35400-000 Ouro Preto, MG, Brazil

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https://doi.org/10.1142/S012918319800090XCited by:3 (Source: Crossref)

Abstract

In this paper we study the importance of parental care for the survival of semelparous species, that reproduce only once in life. We perform our simulations for sexual and asexual reproductions and show that catastrophic senescence (death soon after reproduction) is delayed if parental care is considered.

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