Evolution of the most recent common ancestor of a population with no selection
- 1 May 2006
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment
- Vol. 2006 (05) , P05002
- https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-5468/2006/05/p05002
Abstract
We consider the evolution of a population of fixed size with no selection. The number of generations $G$ to reach the first common ancestor evolves in time. This evolution can be described by a simple Markov process which allows one to calculate several characteristics of the time dependence of $G$. We also study how $G$ is correlated to the genetic diversity.
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