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Clumping effects in models of isolation by distance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

Aidan Sudbury*
Affiliation:
Monash University, Clayton, Victoria

Abstract

Individuals situated on the infinite line breed and produce offspring that independently migrate a distance that is a random variable depending on the number in each family. It is shown that under very general conditions the individuals in the nth generation will tend to form clumps.

Type
Short Communications
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1977 

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