Simulation of reproductive risk and emergence of female reproductive cessation

Using a simple computer model for evolution, we show that in a sexual population subject only to age-increasing reproductive risk, a cessation of female reproduction emerges.

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Year of publication:	2003
Authors:	Sousa, A.O.
Published in:	Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications. - Elsevier, ISSN 0378-4371. - Vol. 326.2003, 1, p. 233-240
Publisher:	Elsevier
Subject:	Population dynamics \| Ageing \| Monte Carlo simulations \| Evolution \| Menopause

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Type of publication:	Article
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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