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Branching process models for mutant genes in nonstationary populations.
Theoretical population biology - 1 Apr 1997
Lange K, Fan R Z
Abstract excerpt
A deleterious gene achieves a population balance between the opposing forces of selection and mutation. In this paper we explore the nature of this stochastic balance when the surrounding normal population is not at equilibrium. Assuming that new mutations occur according to a Poisson process and thereafter evolve by the rules of a continuous time branching process, we derive explicit formulas and recurrence...
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