Eur. Phys. J. B 42, 431-434 (2004)
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjb/e2004-00400-x

Scaling properties of the Penna model

¹ Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas, Rua Dr. Xavier Sigaud 150, 22290-180 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
² Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Campus da Praia Vermelha, 24210-340 Niterói, RJ, Brazil

Corresponding author: ^a edgardo@cbpf.br

Received: 7 June 2004
Revised: 9 October 2004
Published online: 23 December 2004

Abstract

We investigate the scaling properties of the Penna model, which has become a popular tool for the study of population dynamics and evolutionary problems in recent years. We find that the model generates a normalised age distribution for which a simple scaling rule is proposed, that is able to reproduce qualitative features for all genome sizes.