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The Moran model with random resampling rates

Probability 2024-12-06 v2

Abstract

In this paper we consider the two-type Moran model with NN individuals. Each individual is assigned a resampling rate, drawn independently from a probability distribution P{\mathbb P} on R+{\mathbb R}_+, and a type, either 11 or 00. Each individual resamples its type at its assigned rate, by adopting the type of an individual drawn uniformly at random. Let YN(t)Y^N(t) denote the empirical distribution of the resampling rates of the individuals with type 11 at time NtNt. We show that if P{\mathbb P} has countable support and satisfies certain tail and moment conditions, then in the limit as NN\to\infty the process (YN(t))t0(Y^N(t))_{t \geq 0} converges in law to the process (S(t))t0(S(t)\,\P)_{t \geq 0}, in the so-called Meyer-Zheng topology, where (S(t))t0(S(t))_{t \geq 0} is the Fisher-Wright diffusion with diffusion constant DD given by 1/D=R+(1/r)P(dr)1/D = \int_{{\mathbb R}_+} (1/r)\,{\mathbb P}(\mathrm{d} r).

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@article{arxiv.2402.01333,
  title  = {The Moran model with random resampling rates},
  author = {Siva Athreya and Frank den Hollander and Adrian Röllin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2402.01333},
  year   = {2024}
}
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