Muller's ratchet clicks in finite time
Probability
2014-09-22 v1
Abstract
We consider the accumulation of deleterious mutations in an asexual population, a phenomenon known as Muller's ratchet, using the continuous time model proposed in Etheridge et all. \cite{epw}. We show that for any parameter (the rate at which mutations occur), for any (the toxicity of the mutations) and for any size of the population, the ratchet clicks a.s. in finite time. That is to say the minimum number of deleterious mutations in the population goes to infinity a.s.
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@article{arxiv.1303.2037,
title = {Muller's ratchet clicks in finite time},
author = {Julien Audiffren and Etienne Pardoux},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1303.2037},
year = {2014}
}