A stochastic model for phylogenetic trees

Details A stochastic model for phylogenetic trees A stochastic model for phylogenetic trees

2009-05-14

arxiv.org/abs/0905.2349v1

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We propose the following simple stochastic model for phylogenetic trees. New types are born and die according to a birth and death chain. At each birth we associate a fitness to the new type sampled from a fixed distribution. At each death the type with the smallest fitness is killed. We show that if the birth (i.e. mutation) rate is subcritical we get a phylogenetic tree consistent with an influenza tree (few types at any given time and one dominating type lasting a long time). When the birth rate is supercritical we get a phylogenetic tree consistent with an HIV tree (many types at any given time, none lasting very long).

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