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Universal features of surname distribution in a subsample of a growing population.

Journal of theoretical biology - 21 Jan 2010

Maruvka Yosi E, Shnerb Nadav M, Kessler David A

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We examine the problem of family size statistics (the number of individuals carrying the same surname, or the same DNA sequence) in a given size subsample of an exponentially growing population. We approach the problem from two directions. In the first, we construct the family size distribution for the subsample from the stable distribution for the full population. This latter distribution is calculated for an...

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PMID: 19769992
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2009.09.022

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