B1707
Title: Modeling Y-linked pedigrees through branching processes
Authors: Cristina Gutierrez Perez - University of Extremadura (Spain) [presenting]
Miguel Gonzalez Velasco - University of Extremadura (Spain)
Rodrigo Martinez Quintana - University of Extremadura (Spain)
Abstract: A multidimensional two-sex branching process is introduced to model the evolution of a pedigree originating from the mutation of an allele of a Y-linked gene in a monogamous population. The study of the extinction of the mutant allele and the analysis of the dominant allele in the pedigree is addressed on the basis of the classical theory of multi-type branching processes. The asymptotic behaviour of the number of couples of different types in the pedigree is also derived. Finally, using the estimates of the mean growth rates of the allele and its mutation provided by a Gibbs sampler, a real Y-linked pedigree associated with hearing loss is analysed, concluding that this mutation will persist in the population although without dominating the pedigree.
