A limit theorem for trees of alleles in branching processes with rare neutral mutations

Stochastic Processes and their Applications

Volumn 120, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 678-697

  Bertoin, Jean ^a,b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

Allelic partition; Branching process; L vy It decomposition; Neutral mutations; Weak convergence

Indexed keywords

ALLELIC PARTITION; BRANCHING PROCESS; CONTINUOUS-STATE BRANCHING PROCESS; DISCRETE TIME; GALTON-WATSON BRANCHING PROCESS; INITIAL POPULATION; LIMIT THEOREM; MUTATION RATES; SUBORDINATORS; WEAK CONVERGENCE;

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EID: 77949491843     PISSN: 03044149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spa.2010.01.017     Document Type: Article

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