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'... the book should serve well, among other things, as an excellent introduction to applied probabilists looking for interesting and worthwhile applications.' Publication of the International Statistical Institute
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Biology takes a special place among the other natural sciences because biological units, be they pieces of DNA, cells, or organisms, reproduce more or less faithfully. As for any other biological processes, reproduction has a large random component. The theory of branching processes was developed especially as a mathematical counterpart to this most fundamental of biological processes. This active and rich research area allows us to make predictions about both extinction risks and the development of population composition, and also uncovers aspects of a population's history from its current genetic composition. Branching processes play an increasingly important role in models of genetics, molecular biology, microbiology, ecology, and evolutionary theory. This book presents this body of mathematical ideas for a biological audience, but should also be enjoyable to mathematicians.
Branching Processes : Variation, Growth, and Extinction of Populations (Cambridge Studies in Adaptive Dynamics)
Branching Processes: Variation, Growth, and Extinction of Populations (Cambridge Studies in Adaptive Dynamics),Patsy Haccou,Peter Jagers,Vladimir A. Vatutin,Ulf Dieckmann,Richard Law,Hans Metz,Cambridge University Press,0521832209,Applied,Life Sciences - Biology - General,Science,Science/Mathematics,Ecological science, the Biosphere,Science / Biology
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