Excheangable partitions derived from Markovian coalescents

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DOI10.1214/105051607000000069zbMATH Open1147.60022arXivmath/0603745OpenAlexW1982458504MaRDI QIDQ2467600FDOQ2467600

Jim Pitman, Rui Dong, Alexander Gnedin

Publication date: 28 January 2008

Published in: The Annals of Applied Probability (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Kingman derived the Ewens sampling formula for random partitions describing the genetic variation in a neutral mutation model defined by a Poisson process of mutations along lines of descent governed by a simple coalescent process, and observed that similar methods could be applied to more complex models. M{"o}hle described the recursion which determines the generalization of the Ewens sampling formula in the situation when the lines of descent are governed by a Lambda-coalescent, which allows multiple mergers. Here we show that the basic integral representation of transition rates for the Lambda-coalescent is forced by sampling consistency under more general assumptions on the coalescent process. Exploiting an analogy with the theory of regenerative partition structures, we provide various characterizations of the associated partition structures in terms of discrete-time Markov chains.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0603745





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