The coalescent effective size of age-structured populations
Probability
2007-05-23 v1
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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@article{arxiv.math/0508454,
title = {The coalescent effective size of age-structured populations},
author = {Serik Sagitov and Peter Jagers},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0508454},
year = {2007}
}
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Published at http://dx.doi.org/10.1214/105051605000000223 in the Annals of Applied Probability (http://www.imstat.org/aap/) by the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (http://www.imstat.org)