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Etheridge, Alison.

Some Mathematical Models from Population Genetics École d'Été de Probabilités de Saint-Flour XXXIX-2009 / [electronic resource] : by Alison Etheridge. - VIII, 119p. online resource. - Lecture Notes in Mathematics, 2012 0075-8434 ; .

This work reflects sixteen hours of lectures delivered by the author at the 2009 St Flour summer school in probability. It provides a rapid introduction to a range of mathematical models that have their origins in theoretical population genetics. The models fall into two classes: forwards in time models for the evolution of frequencies of different genetic types in a population; and backwards in time (coalescent) models that trace out the genealogical relationships between individuals in a sample from the population. Some, like the classical Wright-Fisher model, date right back to the origins of the subject. Others, like the multiple merger coalescents or the spatial Lambda-Fleming-Viot process are much more recent. All share a rich mathematical structure. Biological terms are explained, the models are carefully motivated and tools for their study are presented systematically.

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Mathematics.
Differential equations, partial.
Genetics--Mathematics.
Biology--Mathematics.
Statistics.
Mathematics.
Genetics and Population Dynamics.
Mathematical Biology in General.
Mathematical Modeling and Industrial Mathematics.
Partial Differential Equations.
Statistics for Life Sciences, Medicine, Health Sciences.

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