Colored coalescent theory

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Authors Jianjun Tian, Xiao-Song Lin

Publication date 29 July 2008

Published in Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0410514

zbMATH Keywords

cumulative distribution functionrandom treegenealogical treecoalescent theorycolored coalescent theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of Markov chains and discrete-time Markov processes on general state spaces (social mobility, learning theory, industrial processes, etc.) (60J20) Problems related to evolution (92D15) Markov chains (discrete-time Markov processes on discrete state spaces) (60J10) Population dynamics (general) (92D25)

Abstract: We introduce a colored coalescent process which recovers random colored genealogical trees. Here a colored genealogical tree has its vertices colored black or white. Moving backward along the colored genealogical tree, the color of vertices may change only when two vertice coalesce. The rule that governs the change of color involves a parameter $x$. When $x=1/2$, the colored coalescent process can be derived from a variant of the Wright-Fisher model for a haploid population in population genetics. Explicit computations of the expectation and the cumulative distribution function of the coalescent time are carried out. For example, our calculation shows that when $x=1/2$, for a sample of $n$ colored individuals, the expected time for the colored coalescent process to reach a black MRAC or a white MRAC, respectively, is $3-2/n$. On the other hand, the expected time for the colored coalescent process to reach a MRAC, either black or white, is $2-2/n$, which is the same as that for the standard Kingman coalescent process.

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