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Dynamics of finite populations

III. A note on the rate of approach to homozygosity in a haploid population whose size is a poisson random variable

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A time-heterogeneous stochastic process is used to describe the rate of approach to homozygosity, the expected time to fixation or loss and the ultimate probability of survival of a gene or type in a haploid population whose size is a Poisson random variable.

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  1. Department of Statistics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, USA

    R. F. Nassar & R. D. Cook

  2. School of Statistics, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA

    R. F. Nassar & R. D. Cook

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  1. R. F. Nassar
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Communicated by W. Seyffert

Contribution Number 166, Department of Statistics, Statistical Laboratory, Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station, Manhattan, Kansas 66506.

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Nassar, R.F., Cook, R.D. Dynamics of finite populations. Theoret. Appl. Genetics 45, 300–303 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00276683

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