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Simulated emergence of cyclic sexual–asexual reproduction

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  • Sá Martins, J.S.
  • Racco, A.

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Motivated by the cyclic pattern of reproductive regimes observed in some species of green flies (“aphids”), we simulate the evolution of a population enduring harsh seasonal conditions for survival. The reproductive regime of each female is also seasonal in principle and genetically acquired, and can mutate for each newborn with some small probability. The results show a sharp transition at a critical value of the survival probability in the winter, between a reproductive regime in the fall that is predominantly sexual, for low values of this probability, or asexual, for high values.

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  • Sá Martins, J.S. & Racco, A., 2001. "Simulated emergence of cyclic sexual–asexual reproduction," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 297(3), pages 485-494.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:phsmap:v:297:y:2001:i:3:p:485-494
    DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4371(01)00240-0
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    1. de Oliveira, A.C.S. & Martins, S.G.F. & Zacarias, M.S., 2013. "An individual-based model for the interaction of the mite Tetranychus urticae (Koch, 1836) with its predator Neoseiulus californicus (McGregor, 1954) (Acari: Tetranychidae, Phytoseiidae)," Ecological Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 255(C), pages 11-20.
    2. de Souza, A.A. & Martins, S.G.F. & Zacarias, M.S., 2009. "Computer simulation applied to the biological control of the insect Aphis gossypii for the parasitoid Lysiphlebus testaceipes," Ecological Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 220(6), pages 756-763.

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