The coalescent process in a population with stochastically varying size

Journal of Applied Probability

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 33-48

  Kaj, Izeingemar ^a   Krone, Stephen M ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Coalescent; Stochastic time change; Stochastically fluctuating population size; Weak convergence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037573260     PISSN: 00219002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1239/jap/1044476826     Document Type: Article

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