Average time until fixation of a mutant allele in a finite population under continued mutation pressure: Studies by analytical, numerical, and pseudo-sampling methods

DOI10.1073/pnas.77.1.522zbMath0441.92011OpenAlexW2052659332WikidataQ36353145 ScholiaQ36353145MaRDI QIDQ3883959

Publication date: 1980

Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.77.1.522

zbMATH Keywords

evolution average time mutation pressure degeneration of character diffusion equation approximation finite Markov chain method fixation of mutant allele pseudo- sampling methods

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Monte Carlo methods (65C05) Genetics and epigenetics (92D10) Applications of Brownian motions and diffusion theory (population genetics, absorption problems, etc.) (60J70)

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