Forward and backward diffusion approximations for haploid exchangeable population models

Stochastic Processes and their Applications

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 133-149

  Mohle M ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

60F17; 60J70; Ancestors; Coalescent; Descendants; Diffusion approximation; Duality; Exchangeability; Hille Yosida theorem; Neutrality; Population genetics; Primary 92D25; Secondary 92D15; Weak convergence; Wright Fisher diffusion

Indexed keywords

EID: 18044404899     PISSN: 03044149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4149(01)00093-X     Document Type: Article

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