A contact process with mutations on a tree (Q2476882)
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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 5248638
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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 5248638 |
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A contact process with mutations on a tree (English)
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12 March 2008
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Here the authors study evolution of the following branching process: a pathogen gives birth to a new pathogen at rate \(\lambda\). When a new pathogen is born, it has the same type as its parent with probability \(1-r\). The new pathogen has a different type with probability \(r\). A new type survives for an exponential amount of time with mean 1. All pathogens of that type are killed simultaneously. The authors show that this model for immune response captures features from spatial and non-spatial versions. Conditions on \(\lambda\) and \(r\) under which the process dies or survives are obtained.
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mutation
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immune system
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branching process
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spatial stochastic model
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contact process
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