Dynamics of finite populations: III. A note on the rate of approach to homozygosity in a haploid population whose size is a poisson random variable

RF Nassar, RD Cook

Theor Appl Genet, Vol. 45, pp. 300-303, 1975


Abstract

A time-heterozygous stochastic process is used to describe the rate of approach to homozygosity, the expected time to fixation or loss and the ultimate probability of survival of a gene or type in a haploid population whose size is a Poisson random variable.

Keywords

GeneHomozygosityFixationLossProbability of SurvivalHaploid PopulationPoisson Random Variable