Galton-Watson processes

A form of Galton-Watson process — A branching stochastic process arising from the statistical investigation of the extinction of family names, which are modelled as patrilineal, while offspring are randomly either male or female, and names become extinct if holders die without male descendants. It is useful in understanding human Y-chromosome DNA haplogroups.

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noun
  1. pluralplural of Galton-Watson process
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