sex-ratio-equilibrium
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globals [ sex-ratio-list ;; global-variable to track time-series data (for behavior space experiment) ] breed [males male] breed [females female] females-own [ partner ;; a variable to temporary store a mating-partner carrying? ;; a boolean to track if a female is carrying a child after mating male-child-chance ;; this is a trait veriable that influences the probability of giving birth to a male child temp-male-child-chance ;; a variable to store male-chind-chance for a particular father-mother pair gestation ;; a veriable to track time of carrying a child till a female reachers gesatation-period age ;; a veriable to keep track of age ] males-own [ partner ;; a variable to temporary store a mating-partner male-child-chance ;; this is a trait veriable that influences the probability of giving birth to a male child age ;; a veriable to keep track of age ] ;;set-up pupulation of males and females to setup ca create-males round ( ( 1 - ini-sex-ratio ) * ini-number ) [ setxy random-xcor random-ycor set shape "male" set color green set male-child-chance random-normal ini-average-male-child-chance 0.1 ;; males are assinged initial male-child-chance from a random-normal distribution set age 0 set partner nobody ] create-females round ( ini-sex-ratio * ini-number ) [ setxy random-xcor random-ycor set color blue set shape "female" set carrying? false set partner nobody set male-child-chance random-normal ini-average-male-child-chance 0.1 ;; females are assinged initial male-child-chance from a random-normal distribution ] set sex-ratio-list [] reset-ticks end to go if not any? turtles [stop] ask males [ check-if-dead move search-a-partner ] ask females [ check-if-dead if not carrying? [move] reproduce ] update-sex-ratio-list tick end to move rt random 60 lt random 60 fd 1 end to search-a-partner ;; a male procedure if count females in-radius 1 with [not carrying?] = 1 and count other males in-radius 1 = 0 [ ;; spatial restriction is used to incorporate density-dependant growth rate set partner one-of females in-radius 1 with [not carrying?] ;; this is a common emperically validated assumpotion in many evolution models ] if partner = nobody [stop] ifelse [partner] of partner != nobody [ set partner nobody stop ;; just in case two males find the same partner ] [ ifelse random-float 1 < mating-chance [ ask partner [ set partner myself set carrying? true set color orange ;; color oragne indicates carrying female set temp-male-child-chance ( male-child-chance + [male-child-chance] of myself ) / 2 ;; sex of a child is determined by male-child-chance (determined by father and mother) ] ;; this is a part of the fundamental assumption in Fisher's model set partner nobody ;; autosomal inheritance of sex-determination-mechanism ] [ set partner nobody ] ] end to reproduce ;; a female procedure if carrying? [ ifelse gestation = gestation-period [ ;; genstation-period can be set. When it's over, a female gives birth to a a child, starts afrest and can have a new partner set gestation 0 set carrying? false set color blue set partner nobody repeat random max-litter-size + 1 [ ifelse random-float 1 < temp-male-child-chance [ hatch 1 [ set breed males set shape "male" set color green set male-child-chance random-normal [temp-male-child-chance] of myself 0.1 ;; inheritance of male-child-chance is also determined by father and mother. set age 0 ] ][ hatch 1 [ set male-child-chance random-normal temp-male-child-chance 0.1 set age 0 ] ] ] ][ set gestation gestation + 1 ] ] end to check-if-dead ifelse random-float longevity < age [ ;; With age probability of dying increases die ][ set age age + 1 ] end ;; reporting procedures for plotting and for behaviorspace experiments to-report female-percentage ifelse any? turtles [ report ( count females / count turtles ) * 100 ] [ report 0 ] end to-report average-male-child-chance ifelse any? turtles [ report mean [male-child-chance] of turtles ] [ report 0 ] end to update-sex-ratio-list if ticks > 10000 [ set sex-ratio-list lput female-percentage sex-ratio-list ] end to-report average-sex-ratio ifelse length sex-ratio-list > 0 [ report precision mean sex-ratio-list 2] [report 0] end to-report sd-sex-ratio ifelse length sex-ratio-list > 0 [ report precision standard-deviation sex-ratio-list 2] [report 0] end
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