paper

Altruism and Antagonistic Pleiotropy in Penna Ageing Model

arXiv:q-bio/0406027

Abstract

The Penna ageing model is based on mutation accumulation theory. We show that it also allows for self-organization of antagonistic pleiotropy which helps at young age at the expense of old age. This can be interpreted as emergence of altruism.

4 pages including 2 figures