TY  - BOOK
AU  - Haccou,Patsy
AU  - Jagers,Peter
AU  - Vatutin,V.A.
ED  - International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis,
TI  - Branching processes: variation, growth, and extinction of populations 
T2  - Cambridge studies in adaptive dynamics
SN  - 9780511629136 (ebook)
AV  - QA274.76 .H33 2005
U1  - 519.234 22
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Branching processes
KW  - Population biology
N1  - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015); Generalities -- Discrete-time branching processes -- Branching in continuous time -- Large populations -- Extinction -- Development of populations -- Specific models
N2  - 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
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511629136
ER  -