An agent-based model of the effects of a primate social structure on the speed of natural selection

Gideon M Gluckman; Joanna J Bryson

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An agent-based model of the effects of a primate social structure on the speed of natural selection

Gideon M Gluckman, Joanna J Bryson

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The rate of speciation is in most mammals an order of magnitude faster than in most other vertebrates. It is faster still in the social mammals. The apparent association between complex modes of sociality and high rates of evolutionary change might provide an answer to the question of why these rates differ so markedly. Using an individual based model of a population with a social structure mimicking the one common to cercopithecine primates and a simple model ecology, we investigate the effects of social structures on the rates at which natural selection operates. The results of the model indicate that the specific social structure modelled does affect the rate at which natural selection operates within the modeled population.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference, GECCO'11 - Companion Publication
Place of Publication	New York
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
Pages	535-542
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Print)	978-1-4503-0690-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2001858.2002045
Publication status	Published - Jul 2011
Event	13th Annual Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference, GECCO'11, July 12, 2011 - July 16, 2011 - Dublin, Ireland Duration: 1 Jul 2011 → …

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Conference	13th Annual Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference, GECCO'11, July 12, 2011 - July 16, 2011
Country/Territory	Ireland
City	Dublin
Period	1/07/11 → …

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An agent-based model of the effects of a primate social structure on the speed of natural selection. / Gluckman, Gideon M; Bryson, Joanna J.

Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference, GECCO'11 - Companion Publication. New York : Association for Computing Machinery, 2011. p. 535-542.

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Gluckman, GM & Bryson, JJ 2011, An agent-based model of the effects of a primate social structure on the speed of natural selection. in Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference, GECCO'11 - Companion Publication. Association for Computing Machinery, New York, pp. 535-542, 13th Annual Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference, GECCO'11, July 12, 2011 - July 16, 2011, Dublin, Ireland, 1/07/11. https://doi.org/10.1145/2001858.2002045

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