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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 July 2016
Let F(z) = σ fjzj be the generating function for the offspring distribution {fj} from a single ancestor in the usual Galton-Watson process. It is well-known (see Harris [1]) that if Π(z) is the generating function of the distribution of ancestors in the 0th generation, the distribution of offspring at the nth generation has generating function
where Fn(z), the nth functional iterate of F(z), gives the distribution of offspring at the nth generation from a single ancestor.