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eISSN: 2581-9615 || CODEN: WJARAI || Impact Factor 8.2 ||  CrossRef DOI

Research and review articles are invited for publication in April 2026 (Volume 30, Issue 1) Submit manuscript

Some considerations on care of the elderly, using evolutionary genetic models

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Takahiro Miyo *

Association for Evolutionary Research on Aging Populations, 2-17-4 Misumi-cho, Higashimurayama-shi, Tokyo 189-0023, Japan.
 
Review Article
World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2020, 08(02), 189-202
Article DOI: 10.30574/wjarr.2020.8.2.0414
DOI url: https://doi.org/10.30574/wjarr.2020.8.2.0414
 
Received on 06 November 2020; revised on 14 November 2020; accepted on 17 November 2020
 
Some evolutionary genetic models that assume pleiotropic constraints among care for old parents and care for infants are developed, in order to examine the evolution of care for the elderly within a population, in which population aging coupled with a tendency toward a decrease in population size is in progress. Not only does this study suggest that high levels of care for old parents could evolve within the population if the cost of care of the elderly is not too heavy, but it also suggests that, if younger generations experience a high cost of elderly care, this behavior might be eliminated from the population, resulting in the loss of high levels of care for infants. It is also suggested that the benefit of the help from the elderly is essential, not only for the behavior of care for old parents to be maintained within the population, but also for population growth, even though there may be a high cost of elderly care. Based on the results obtained, some social issues that some countries, such as Japan, are now, or will be, faced with are discussed.
 
Elderly care; Evolutionary genetic models; Grandparents; Parent-offspring interactions; Pleiotropic constraints.
 
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Takahiro Miyo. Some considerations on care of the elderly, using evolutionary genetic models. World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2020, 8(2), 189-202. Article DOI: https://doi.org/10.30574/wjarr.2020.8.2.0414

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