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On The Uselessness Of Men — Comparison Of Sexual And Asexual Reproduction

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  • D. STAUFFER

    (Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Av. Litorânea s/n, Boa Viagem, Niterói 24210-340, RJ, Brazil)

  • J. S. SÁ MARTINS

    (Colorado Center for Chaos and Complexity/CIRES, University of Colorado, Boulder CO 80309, USA)

  • S. MOSS DE OLIVEIRA

    (Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Av. Litorânea s/n, Boa Viagem, Niterói 24210-340, RJ, Brazil)

Abstract

A comparison of sexual with asexual reproduction in the Penna aging model for a single species shows the separation into males and females at a disadvantage due to the halved number of births. Also meiotic and apomictic parthenogenesis and hermaphroditism seem better than sex, even when the individuals follow the suggestion of Janet al.to engage in sex only when their lifes are endangered by a large number of harmful mutations. In our comparison, we looked only for intrinsic effects, not for external influences like parasites or environmental catastrophes.

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  • D. Stauffer & J. S. Sá Martins & S. Moss De Oliveira, 2000. "On The Uselessness Of Men — Comparison Of Sexual And Asexual Reproduction," International Journal of Modern Physics C (IJMPC), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 11(07), pages 1305-1312.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:ijmpcx:v:11:y:2000:i:07:n:s0129183100001206
    DOI: 10.1142/S0129183100001206
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