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Random selection—A simple model based on linear birth and death processes

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Linear birth and death processes are used to derive simple expressions for sequential extinction times and gene fixation probabilities in asexual populations.

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  1. Institut für Theoretische Chemie und Strahlenchemie, Universität Wien, A-1090, Wien, Austria

    P. Schuster

  2. Institut für Mathematik, Universität Wien, A-1090, Wien, Austria

    K. Sigmund

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This work was supported financially by the Austrian Fonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung, Project Nos. 3502 and 4506.

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Schuster, P., Sigmund, K. Random selection—A simple model based on linear birth and death processes. Bltn Mathcal Biology 46, 11–17 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02463720

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