Branching diffusion processes in population genetics
- 1 June 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Advances in Applied Probability
- Vol. 8 (04) , 659-689
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0001867800042877
Abstract
A branching random field is considered as a model of either of two situations in genetics in which migration or dispersion plays a role. Specifically we consider the expected number of individualsNAin a (geographical) setAat timet, the covariance ofNAandNBfor two setsA, B, and the probabilityI(x, y, u) that two individuals found at locationsx, yat timetare of the same genetic type if the population is subject to a selectively neutral mutation rateu.The last also leads to limit laws for the average degree of relationship of individuals in various types of branching random fields. We also find the equations that the mean and bivariate densities satisfy, and explicit formulas when the underlying migration process is Brownian motion.Keywords
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