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On the probability a line becomes extinct before a favorable mutation appears

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Some theoretical results obtained in a previous publication (Bull. Math. Biophysics,28: 25–50, 1966) are studied from the numerical point of view. Possible medical interpretations are suggested.

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  • Mode, C. J. 1966. “Some Multi-Dimensional Branching Processes as Motivated by a Class of Problems in Mathematical Genetics I.”Bull. Math. Biophysics,28, 25–50.

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  1. Department of Mathematical Statistics, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, USA

    Charles J. Mode

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Mode, C.J. On the probability a line becomes extinct before a favorable mutation appears. Bulletin of Mathematical Biophysics 29, 343–348 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02476905

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