Immortal branching Markov processes: Averaging properties and PCR applications.

DOI10.1214/aop/1078415838zbMath1047.60087OpenAlexW2061881593MaRDI QIDQ1879856

Didier Piau

Publication date: 15 September 2004

Published in: The Annals of Probability (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1214/aop/1078415838

zbMATH Keywords

estimationMarkov branching processmean field approximationGalton-Watson processmutation ratepolymerase chain reaction (PCR)DNA amplificationerror-prone PCR

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of branching processes (60J85) Protein sequences, DNA sequences (92D20) Processes in random environments (60K37) Branching processes (Galton-Watson, birth-and-death, etc.) (60J80)

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