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Williams' decomposition of the L\'evy continuous random tree and simultaneous extinction probability for populations with neutral mutations

Authors :
Abraham, Romain
Delmas, Jean-François
Source :
Stochastic Processes and their Applications 119 (2008) 1124-1143
Publication Year :
2007

Abstract

We consider an initial Eve-population and a population of neutral mutants, such that the total population dies out in finite time. We describe the evolution of the Eve-population and the total population with continuous state branching processes, and the neutral mutation procedure can be seen as an immigration process with intensity proportional to the size of the population. First we establish a Williams' decomposition of the genealogy of the total population given by a continuous random tree, according to the ancestral lineage of the last individual alive. This allows us give a closed formula for the probability of simultaneous extinction of the Eve-population and the total population.

Details

Database :
arXiv
Journal :
Stochastic Processes and their Applications 119 (2008) 1124-1143
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
edsarx.0704.1475
Document Type :
Working Paper