Altruistic aging: the evolutionary dynamics balancing longevity and evolvability

DOI10.3934/MBE.2017028MaRDI QIDQ335293zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Minette Herrera, Aaron Miller, Joel Nishimura

Publication date 2 November 2016

Published in Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.3934/mbe.2017028

zbMATH Keywords

cooperationevolutionstructured populationsagent-based modelingsenescence

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Problems related to evolution (92D15) Population dynamics (general) (92D25) Evolutionary games (91A22)

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