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Meaning of Galton-Watson process | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

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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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B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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