Asympotic behavior of the total length of external branches for Beta-coalescents

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Authors: Jean-Stéphane Dhersin, Linglong Yuan 

Publication date: 27 February 2012

Abstract: We consider a $Lambda$-coalescent and we study the asymptotic behavior of the total length $L_{ext}^{(n)}$ of the external branches of the associated $n$-coalescent. For Kingman coalescent, i.e. $Lambda={delta}_0$, the result is well known and is useful, together with the total length $L^{(n)}$, for Fu and Li's test of neutrality of mutations% under the infinite sites model asumption . For a large family of measures $Lambda$, including Beta$(2-alpha,alpha)$ with $0<alpha<1$, M{"o}hle has proved asymptotics of $L_{ext}^{(n)}$. Here we consider the case when the measure $Lambda$ is Beta$(2-alpha,alpha)$, with $1<alpha<2$. We prove that $n^{alpha-2}{L}_{ext}^{(n)}$ converges in $L^2$ to $alpha(alpha-1)Gamma(alpha)$. As a consequence, we get that $L_{ext}^{(n)}/L^{(n)}$ converges in probability to $2-alpha$. To prove the asymptotics of $L_{ext}^{(n)}$, we use a recursive construction of the $n$-coalescent by adding individuals one by one. Asymptotics of the distribution of $d$ normalized external branch lengths and a related moment result are also given.

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