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¹Departamento de Física e Informática, Instituto de Física de São Carlos, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil. onody@ifsc.sc.usp.br

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Area of Science:

Population genetics
Mathematical biology
Evolutionary dynamics

Background:

The Partridge-Barton model describes age-structured population dynamics.
Incorporating genetic factors like pleiotropy and somatic mutations is crucial for realistic models.
Understanding the long-term evolutionary trajectory requires analytical solutions.

Purpose of the Study:

To exactly solve the time evolution of the Partridge-Barton model under pleiotropic constraints and deleterious somatic mutations.
To derive analytical expressions for mean survival probabilities and Malthusian growth exponent.
To investigate the asymptotic behavior and population age structure.

Main Methods:

Utilized a matricial formalism for exact analytical solutions.
Derived time-dependent expressions for mean survival probabilities.
Analyzed asymptotic behavior using the largest matrix eigenvalue.
Performed Monte Carlo simulations for validation.

Main Results:

Obtained analytical solutions for the Partridge-Barton model with specified genetic constraints.
Derived expressions for time-dependent mean survival probabilities.
Determined steady-state values for survival probabilities and the Malthusian growth exponent.
Identified a t-1 power-law decay for the mean age of the population.

Conclusions:

The study provides a complete analytical solution for the Partridge-Barton model with pleiotropy and somatic mutations.
The findings offer insights into the long-term evolutionary dynamics and population structure under genetic pressures.
Monte Carlo simulations confirmed the accuracy of the theoretical derivations.