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August 2005 The coalescent effective size of age-structured populations
Serik Sagitov, Peter Jagers
Ann. Appl. Probab. 15(3): 1778-1797 (August 2005). DOI: 10.1214/105051605000000223

Abstract

We establish convergence to the Kingman coalescent for a class of age-structured population models with time-constant population size. Time is discrete with unit called a year. Offspring numbers in a year may depend on mother’s age.

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Serik Sagitov. Peter Jagers. "The coalescent effective size of age-structured populations." Ann. Appl. Probab. 15 (3) 1778 - 1797, August 2005. https://doi.org/10.1214/105051605000000223

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Published: August 2005
First available in Project Euclid: 15 July 2005

zbMATH: 1073.92034
MathSciNet: MR2152245
Digital Object Identifier: 10.1214/105051605000000223

Subjects:
Primary: 60J70 , 92F25
Secondary: 60F17 , 92D15

Keywords: Coalescent , effective population size , exchangeability , overlapping generations , Population genetics

Rights: Copyright © 2005 Institute of Mathematical Statistics

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