Scaling limits of a model for selection at two scales Joint with Shishi Luo
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Mattingly, J
Friday 10th June 2016 - 11:00 to 12:00 |
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Created: | 2016-06-28 13:48 |
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Collection: | Stochastic Dynamical Systems in Biology: Numerical Methods and Applications |
Publisher: | Isaac Newton Institute |
Copyright: | Mattingly, J |
Language: | eng (English) |
Distribution: | World (downloadable) |
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Abstract: | The dynamics of a population undergoing selection is a central topic in evolutionary biology. This question is particularly intriguing in the case where selective forces act in opposing directions at two population scales. For example, a fast-replicating virus strain outcompetes slower-replicating strains at the within-host scale. However, if the fast-replicating strain causes host morbidity and is less frequently transmitted, it can be outcompeted by slower-replicating strains at the between-host scale. Here we consider a stochastic ball-and-urn process which models this type of phenomenon. We prove the weak convergence of this process under two natural scalings. The first scaling leads to a deterministic nonlinear integro-partial differential equation on the interval [0,1] with dependence on a single parameter, λ. We show that the fixed points of this differential equation are Beta distributions and that their stability depends on λ and the behavior of the initial data around 1. The second scaling leads to a measure-valued Fleming-Viot process, an infinite dimensional stochastic process that is frequently associated with a population genetics. |
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