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Self-organisation of female menopause in populations with child-care and reproductive risk

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In this paper, by using a computer model for the evolution of age-structured populations, we show that in a sexual population subject to: (i) senescence, (ii) age-increasing reproductive risks, and (iii) long juvenile dependence, menopause arises spontaneously, in order to guarantee the survival of the offspring.

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  1. Laboratoire de Physique et Mécanique des Milieux Hétérogènes, ESPCI, 10 rue Vauquelin, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France, , , , , , FR

    S. Moss de Oliveira & A.T. Bernardes

  2. Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Avenida Litorânea, s/n, 24210-340 Niterói, RJ, Brazil, , , , , , BR

    J.S. Sá Martins

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Received: 12 September 1998 / Accepted: 14 September 1998

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Moss de Oliveira, S., Bernardes, A. & Sá Martins, J. Self-organisation of female menopause in populations with child-care and reproductive risk. Eur. Phys. J. B 7, 501–504 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s100510050637

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