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The pseudo-transient distribution and its uses in genetics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

W. J. Ewens
W. J. Ewens*
Affiliation:
Australian National University
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In genetics one frequently encounters variates which behave, to a close approximation, as diffusion variates with drift and diffusion coefficients m(x),v(x), respectively, where after a suitable rescaling of the time axis, m(x) and v(x) are of the form

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Research Papers
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Journal of Applied Probability , Volume 1 , Issue 1 , June 1964 , pp. 141 - 156
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Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1964 

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