Stochastic measure-valued models for populations expanding in a continuum

DOI10.1051/PS/2022020zbMATH Open1517.60052arXiv2103.02902OpenAlexW4286524746MaRDI QIDQ6133913FDOQ6133913

Authors: Apolline Louvet 

Publication date: 21 August 2023

Published in: ESAIM: Probability and Statistics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We model spatially expanding populations by means of two spatial $Lambda$-Fleming Viot processes (or SLFVs) with selection: the k-parent SLFV and the $infty$-parent SLFV. In order to do so, we fill empty areas with type 0 ghost individuals with a strong selective disadvantage against real type 1 individuals, quantified by a parameter k. The reproduction of ghost individuals is interpreted as local extinction events due to stochasticity in reproduction. When k $ightarrow$ +$infty$, the limiting process, corresponding to the $infty$-parent SLFV, is reminiscent of stochastic growth models from percolation theory, but is associated to tools making it possible to investigate the genetic diversity in a population sample. In this article, we provide a rigorous construction of the $infty$-parent SLFV, and show that it corresponds to the limit of the k-parent SLFV when k $ightarrow$ +$infty$. In order to do so, we introduce an alternative construction of the k-parent SLFV which allows us to couple SLFVs with different selection strengths and is of interest in its own right. We exhibit three different characterizations of the $infty$-parent SLFV, which are valid in different settings and link together population genetics models and stochastic growth models.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2103.02902

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zbMATH Keywords

population geneticsdualityrange expansionlimiting processgenealogiesspatial lambda-Fleming-Viot process

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Genetics and epigenetics (92D10) Population dynamics (general) (92D25) Continuous-time Markov processes on general state spaces (60J25) Random measures (60G57) Jump processes on general state spaces (60J76)

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