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    "abstract": "We investigate by means of a simple theoretical model the emergence of prime\nnumbers as life cycles, as those seen for some species of cicadas. The cicadas,\nmore precisely, the Magicicadas spend most of their lives below the ground and\nthen emerge and die in a short period of time. The Magicicadas display an\nuncommon behavior: their emergence is synchronized and these periods are\nusually prime numbers. In the current work, we develop a spatially extended\nmodel at which preys and predators coexist and can change their evolutionary\ndynamics through the occurrence of mutations. We verified that prime numbers as\nlife cycles emerge as a result of the evolution of the population. Our results\nseem to be a first step in order to prove that the development of such strategy\nis selectively advantageous, especially for those organisms that are highly\nvulnerable to attacks of predators.",
    "arxiv_id": "q-bio/0406017",
    "authors": [
      "Pauoo R. A. Campos",
      "Viviane M. de Oliveira",
      "R. Giro",
      "Douglas S. Galvao"
    ],
    "categories": [
      "q-bio.PE"
    ],
    "doi": "10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.098107",
    "title": "The emergence of prime numbers as the result of evolutionary strategy",
    "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/q-bio/0406017"
  },
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