1. Introduction
In order to accurately describe population models in physics, biology, and chemistry, Daley [Reference Daley2] introduced the bisexual branching process model in 1968. Until now, a lot of scholars have focused on the researches of this model and made intensive studies on it. Alsmeyer, Rösler, González, and Molina discussed the extinction probability, limiting behavior, and statistical inference of the model [Reference Alsmeyer and Rösler1]–[Reference Gonzalez, Molina and Mota7]. The reproduction of species is affected by many factors such as natural environment and social environment. In order to describe a more complex gender population model, mathematical researchers have modified the basic model established by Daley. The models of super additive bisexual branching processes in varying environments [Reference Molina and Mota11], bisexual branching processes in random environments [Reference Ma10], bisexual branching processes with immigration in random environments [Reference Ren and Wang12, Reference Song, Wu and Hu16], and bisexual branching process in random environments with random control [Reference Song and Wu15] are introduced, and a lot of research results have been obtained. Li et al. [Reference Li, Hu and Zhang8, Reference Li, Xiao and Peng9] studied the limiting behaviors and moment convergence criteria of bisexual branching processes in random environments. Song et al. [Reference Song and Shao14] discussed the limiting behaviors of the conditional mean growth rate for a kind of bisexual branching processes in random environments. Ren et al. [Reference Ren, Wang and Wang13] investigated the Markov property, probability generating functions, and extinction probability of bisexual branching processes affected by viral infectivity in random environments. In this paper, a model of bisexual branching processes affected by viral infectivity and with random control functions in a random environment is established, and the Markov property, the relation of the probability generating functions, and extinction probability of the model are discussed. Meanwhile, the limiting behaviors of the model after suitable normalization, such as sufficient conditions for almost everywhere convergence and convergence in L 1 and L 2, are discussed when the random control functions are super additive. There have been many achievements in the study of bisexual branching processes in random environments, but the effects of random control and viral infectivity will produce new properties and require some new conditions and methods to study them. Thus, the theory of bisexual branching process in random environment is generalized.
The remainder of this paper is organized as follows. In Section 2, some notations, definitions, and conventions are introduced. Sections 3–6 are devoted to presenting the main results, including the Markov property, probability generating functions, extinction probability, and the limiting behaviors.
2. Preliminaries
We present some notations, basic definitions, and conventions, which will be used in the remaining of the paper.
Let
$(\Omega,\mathfrak{F},P)$ be a given probability space,
$(\Theta,\Sigma)$ be a measurable space, and
$N=\{0,1,2,\ldots\},N^{+}=\{1,2,\ldots\}$. Let
$\overrightarrow{\xi}=\{\xi_{n}(w),n\in N\}$ be a sequence of random environment, mapping from
$(\Omega,\mathfrak{F},P)$ to
$(\Theta,\Sigma)$. Unless otherwise stated, we assume that
$\overrightarrow{\xi}=\{\xi_{n},n\in N\}$ is a sequence of independent and identically distributed (i.i.d.) random variables. For fixed
$n\in N$, set
$\{(\,f_{ni},m_{ni}),i\in N^{+}\}$ be a sequence of i.i.d. random variables mapping from
$(\Omega,\mathfrak{F},P)$ to N × N, representing that the ith mating unit in nth generation of a species reproduces fni females and mni males. Let
$\{P_{j}(\xi_{n}),j\in N\}$ denote the probability of that the ith mating unit in nth generation will reproduce j offspring in environment ξn. Let
$\{I_{f,ni},i\in N^{+}, n\in N\}$ and
$\{I_{m,ni},i\in N^{+},n\in N\}$ denote two clusters of random variables sequences on N, representing the virus-infected-trial functions of female and male in the ith mating unit in nth generation, respectively. Let
$\{a^{x}(\theta)(1-a(\theta))^{1-x},x=0\ or \ 1\}$ and
$\{b^{x}(\theta)(1-b(\theta))^{1-x},x=0\ or \ 1\}$ be the probability distributions of
$\{I_{f,ni},i\in N^{+},n\in N\}$ and
$\{I_{m,ni},i\in N^{+},n\in N\}$, respectively.
We denote by
$\{(F_{n},M_{n}),n\in N^{+}\}$ a sequence of random variables mapping from
$(\Omega,\mathfrak{F},P)$ to N × N, where Fn and Mn represents the number of females and males in the nth generation, respectively and generate
$Z_{n}=L(F_{n},M_{n})$ mating units. Here
$L(x,y):N\times N\longrightarrow N$ is called a mating function, which is assumed to be nondecreasing in each argument and satisfy
$L(x,0)=L(0,y)=0$,
$x\in N,y\in N$. We further assume that the reproduction of each mating unit is independent of the other units in the same generation and other generations. Thus the
$\{(F_{n+1},M_{n+1}),n\in N\}$ individuals are reproduced independently by Zn mating units and generate
$Z_{n+1}=L(F_{n+1},M_{n+1})$ mating units.
$\{\phi_{n}(k):n,k\geq0\}$, which is a cluster of i.i.d. random sequence with respect to n with distribution
$Q(\xi_{n};k,i)=P(\phi_{n}(k)=i\mid\overrightarrow{\xi}),i\in N$, is defined as the control function.
$\phi_{n}(k)=i$ means that the number of mating units that can participate in the reproduction is i when there are k mating units in nth generation.
Definition 2.1. Let
$\overrightarrow{X}=\{X_{n},n\in N\}$ be a sequence of random variables and
$\overrightarrow{\xi}=\{\xi_{n},n\in N\}$ be a sequence of random environments. For any
$x, n\in N^{+}$, if

then
$\overrightarrow{X}$ is called a Markov chain in the random environment
$\overrightarrow{\xi}$.
Definition 2.2. If
$\{Z_{n},n\geq0\}$ satisfies
(i)
$Z_{0}=1,(F_{n+1},M_{n+1})=\sum\limits_{i=1}^{\phi_{n}(Z_{n })}(\,f_{ni}I_{f,ni},m_{ni}I_{m,ni}),$
$Z_{n+1}=L(F_{n+1},M_{n+1}),n\in N$;
(ii)
$P(\,f_{ni}+m_{ni}=j\mid\overrightarrow{\xi})=P_{j}(\xi_{n}),j\in N,i\in N^{+}$,
$P(I_{f,ni}=x\mid\overrightarrow{\xi})=a^{x}(\xi_{n})(1-a(\xi_{n}))^{1-x},x=0 \ or\ 1,n\in N,i\in N^{+}$,
$P(I_{m,ni}=x\mid\overrightarrow{\xi})=b^{x}(\xi_{n})(1-b(\xi_{n}))^{1-x},x=0 \ or\ 1,n\in N,i\in N^{+};$
(iii) for
$j_{ni},k_{ni}\in N,0\leq n\leq l,1\leq i\leq s,l\in N,s\in N^{+},$
\begin{align*} & P(\,f_{ni}=j_{ni},m_{ni}=k_{ni},0\leq n\leq l,1\leq i\leq s\mid\overrightarrow{\xi})\\ & =\ \prod\limits_{n=0}^{l}\prod\limits_{i=1}^{s}P(\,f_{ni}=j_{ni},m_{ni}=k_{ni}\mid\overrightarrow{\xi}); \end{align*}
(iv) for given
$\overrightarrow{\xi}$,
$\{(\,f_{ni},m_{ni}),n\in N,i\in N^{+}\},\{I_{f,ni},n\in N,i\in N^{+}\}$ and
$\{I_{m,ni},n\in N,i\in N^{+}\}$ are independent; furthermore, for given n, each of them is an identically distributed random variable sequence. For given
$\overrightarrow{\xi}$, per mating unit in the nth generation produces a female with the probability
$\beta(\xi_{n})$; then
$\{Z_{n},n\geq0\}$ is called a bisexual branching process under the influence of viral infectivity with random control function in the random environment
$\overrightarrow{\xi}$.
We further suppose
$I_{m,ni}=0$ when the male in ith mating unit in nth generation died of a viral infection, that is, the ith mating unit in nth generation lost the ability to reproduce;
$I_{m,ni}=1$ when the male in ith mating unit in nth generation didn’t have the virus or was cured of it, that is, the ith mating unit in nth generation can reproduce normally. Likewise, we define
$I_{f,ni}=0$ and
$I_{f,ni}=1$ for the female in ith mating unit in nth generation.
For ease of exposition, we present some notations.
Let
$\mathfrak{F}_{n}(\overrightarrow{\xi})=\sigma(Z_{0},Z_{1},\ldots,Z_{n},\overrightarrow{\xi}),n\in N$;
For any
$k,s \in N$,
$B_{1}=\{(r_{l},a_{l},b_{l},j_{l})\mid\sum\limits_{l=1}^{h}r_{l}\geq k+s, \sum\limits_{l=1}^{h}(a_{l}j_{l},b_{l}(r_{l}-j_{l}))=(k,s),r_{l}\geq 0,a_{l},b_{l}=0 \ or\,1, 0\leq j_{l}\leq r_{l},l=1,\ldots,h\}$;
For any
$k,l \in N^{+}$,
$B_{2}=\{(r_{v},a_{v},b_{v},j_{v})\mid\sum\limits_{v=1}^{s}r_{v}\geq k+l, \sum\limits_{v=1}^{s}(a_{v}j_{v},b_{v}(r_{v}-j_{v}))=(k,l),r_{v}\geq 0,a_{v},b_{v}=0 \ or\,1, 0\leq j_{v}\leq r_{v} ,v=1,\cdot\cdot\cdot,s\}$;
$P_{kj}(\xi_{n})=P(\,f_{ni}I_{f,ni}=k,m_{ni}I_{m,ni}=j\mid\overrightarrow{\xi})$ represents the conditional probability of that k females and j males in the offspring of ith mating unit in nth generation will survival under the influence of the virus.
We further introduce some conventions, which will be used in the proofs of some theorems.
$(A_{1})$ To avoid triviality, for any
$\theta\in \Theta$, assume that
$\beta(\theta),a(\theta),b(\theta)\in(0,1),0 \lt P_{0}(\theta)+P_{1}(\theta) \lt 1,a.s.$
$(A_{2})$ There exists a constant
$c\in(0,1)$ such that
$P(cj\leq \phi_{n}(j)\leq j\mid\overrightarrow{\xi})=1$.
$(A_{3})$ For any
$n,x,y\in N$, it holds that
$L(x,y)$ and
$\mathfrak{F}_{n}(\overrightarrow{\xi})$ are independent and
$L(x,y)$ is super additive.
$(A_{4})$ When
$\overrightarrow{\xi}$ is given,
$\{\phi_{n}(k),n,k\in N\}$,
$\{(\,f_{ni},m_{ni}),i\geq1\}_{n\geq0}$ and
$\{I_{f,ni},i\in N^{+},n\in N\}$ are conditional independent.
3. Markov property
Theorem 3.1.
$\{Z_{n},n\geq0\}$ is a Markov chain in the random environment
$\overrightarrow{\xi}$, and the one-step transition probabilities are

Proof. By the definition of
$\{Z_{n},n\geq0\}$, we have

From conventions
$(A_{3})$ and
$(A_{4})$, and the fact that
$\{(\,f_{ni}I_{f,ni},m_{ni}I_{m,ni}),i\geq 1\}$ are i.i.d., for any
$i_{1},i_{2},\ldots i_{n-1},i,j\in N^{+}$, one can derive that

By Definition 2.1, we have that
$\{Z_{n},n\geq0\}$ is a Markov chain in the random environment
$\overrightarrow{\xi}$ with the desired one-step transition probabilities.
Theorem 3.2.
$\{(F_{n},M_{n}),n\geq1\}$ is a Markov chain in random environment
$\overrightarrow{\xi}$, and the one-step transition probabilities are

Proof. By
$(F_{1},M_{1})=(\,f_{01}I_{f,01},m_{01}I_{m,01})$, for any
$(i,j)\in N^{+}\times N^{+}$, we have

Using conventions
$(A_{3})$ and
$(A_{4})$ and the fact that for any
$n\in N$,
$\{(\,f_{ni}I_{f,ni}, m_{ni}I_{m,ni}),i\geq 1\}$ are i.i.d., it is deduced that, for
$(i_{1},j_{1}),(i_{2},j_{2}),\ldots (i_{n-1}, j_{n-1}),(i,j),(k,l)\in N^{+}\times N^{+},$

By Definition 2.1, we obtain that
$\{(F_{n},M_{n}),n\geq1\}$ is a Markov chain in the random environment
$\overrightarrow{\xi}$ with the desired one-step transition probabilities.
4. Probability generating functions
For fixed
$n\in N$, by the independence of
$\{f_{ni}\},\{m_{ni}\},\{I_{f,ni}\}$, and
$\{I_{m,ni}\},i\in N^{+}$, we denote


Lemma 4.1. [Reference Ren, Wang and Wang13]
For any
$0\leq s,t\leq 1,n\in N$, it holds that

Theorem 4.2. For any
$0\leq s,t\leq 1,n\in N$, it holds that

Proof. For fixed
$n\in N$, by the fact that
$\{f_{ni}\},\{m_{ni}\},\{I_{f,ni}\},\{I_{m,ni}\},i\in N^{+}$ are independent and each of them is identically distributed, we have, for
$0\leq s,t\leq1,n,k\in N$,

Thus

Then it follows that

Corollary 4.3. For any
$0\leq s,t\leq 1,n,k\in N$, the following equalities hold
(1)
$P(F_{n+1}=0,M_{n+1}=0\mid Z_{n}=k,\overrightarrow{\xi})=[\varphi_{\xi_{n}}(0,0)]^{\phi_{n}(k)}.$
(2)
$E(s^{F_{n+1}}\mid Z_{n}=k,\overrightarrow{\xi})=[\varphi_{\xi_{n}}(s,1)]^{\phi_{n}(k)}.$
(3)
$P(M_{n+1}=0\mid Z_{n}=k,\overrightarrow{\xi})=[\varphi_{\xi_{n}}(1,0)]^{\phi_{n}(k)}.$
(4)
$\sum\limits_{i=0}^{\infty}{P(F_{n+1}=i,M_{n+1}=0\mid Z_{n}=k,\overrightarrow{\xi})}s^{i}=[\varphi_{\xi_{n}}(s,0)]^{\phi_{n}(k)}.$
(5)
$E(s^{M_{n+1}}\mid Z_{n}=k,\overrightarrow{\xi})=[\varphi_{\xi_{n}}(1,s)]^{\phi_{n}(k)}.$
Proof. (1) For any
$0\leq s,t\leq 1,n,k\in N$, using Theorem 4.2 gives

Therefore, we have

In a similar way as above, we can obtain (2)–(5) in Corollary 4.3.
Below the average number of females and males of the
$(n+1)$th generation will be given by the probability generating function.
(1)
$\frac{\partial\varphi_{\xi_{n}}(s,1)}{\partial s}\mid_{s=1}=a(\xi_{n})E(\,f_{ni}\mid\overrightarrow{\xi})$,
$\frac{\partial\varphi_{\xi_{n}}(1,t)}{\partial t}\mid_{t=1}=b(\xi_{n})E(m_{ni}\mid\overrightarrow{\xi})$;
(2) For any
$i\in N^{+},n\in N$, if
$E[f_{ni}] \lt \infty$ and
$E[m_{ni}] \lt \infty$, then it holds that
\begin{align*}E[F_{n+1}]=E\{\phi_{n}(Z_{n})a(\xi_{n})E(\,f_{ni}\mid\overrightarrow{\xi})\},\ E[M_{n+1}]=E\{\phi_{n}(Z_{n})b(\xi_{n})E(m_{ni}\mid\overrightarrow{\xi})\}.\end{align*}
Proof. To prove (1), by the definitions of
$\varphi_{\xi_{n}}(s,t)$ and
$\Pi_{n}(s,t)$, one derives

Letting t = 1 and taking partial derivative with respect to s in (4.1), we have

Since fni and
$I_{f,ni},i\geq1$ are independent when
$\overrightarrow{\xi}$ is given, we obtain

Likewise, we have

Now we proceed to the proof of (2). It follows from Theorem 4.2 that

Owing to
$E[f_{ni}] \lt \infty$ and
$E[m_{ni}] \lt \infty, i=1,2,3,\ldots, n=0,1,2,3,\ldots$, taking partial derivative with respect to s on both sides of (4.3), letting s = 1 and combining with dominated convergence theorem and (4.2), we deduce that

Likewise, we have

5. Extinction probability
Set
$q=\lim\limits_{n\rightarrow\infty} P(Z_{n}=0)$, then q is the extinction probability of
$\{Z_{n},n\geq0\}$. We denote


Lemma 5.1 ([Reference Ren, Wang and Wang13])
For given
$\overrightarrow{\xi}$ and any
$n\in N,s\in [0,1]$,
$g_{\xi_{n}}(s)$ and
$\overline{g}_{\xi_{n}}(s)$ are probability generating functions.
Lemma 5.2 ([Reference Li, Hu and Zhang8])
Suppose
$\overrightarrow{\xi}$ is an i.i.d. random environment, and
$h_{\xi_{n}}(s), s\in[0,1]$ is a probability generating function. If
$E[h'_{\xi_{0}}(1)]\leq1$, then

Below we will discuss the extinction conditions for processes under several given mating functions.
$(H_{1})\ L(x,y)=x\cdot\min\{1,y\}$ (polyandry, such as Bronze-winged Jacana Metopidius);
$(H_{2})\ L(x,y)=\min\{x,dy\}$,
$d\in N^{+}$
(d = 1: Monogamy, such as swans;
$d\geq2$: Polygamy, such as mandarin ducks);
$(H_{3})\ L(x,y)=x$ (Parthenogenetic reproduction, such as stick insects).
Theorem 5.3. Let
$L(x,y)=x\min\{1,y\}$. If
$E[\beta(\xi_{0})a(\xi_{0})\varphi'_{\xi_{0}}(\beta(\xi_{0})a(\xi_{0})+(1-\beta(\xi_{0})b(\xi_{0})))]\leq1$, then q = 1.
Proof. By the definition of
$L(\cdot,\cdot)$, for any
$s\in(0,1)$, we have

From Corollary 4.3, Lemma 4.1, and the definition of
$g_{\xi_{n}}(s)$, we get

Using the convention
$(A_{2})$ and the properties of probability generating function gives

that is

By using the recursion of (5.1), we obtain

According to Lemma 5.2, if
$E[g^{\prime}_{\xi_{0}}(1)]\leq1$, that is,

then

Theorem 5.4. Let
$L(x,y)=\min\{x,dy\},d\in N^{+}$. If
$\min\{E[\beta(\xi_{0})a(\xi_{0})\varphi'_{\xi_{0}}(\beta(\xi_{0})a(\xi_{0})+(1-\beta(\xi_{0}))b(\xi_{0}))] , E[d(1-\beta(\xi_{0}))b(\xi_{0})\cdot$
$\varphi'_{\xi_{0}}(\beta(\xi_{0})a(\xi_{0})+(1-\beta(\xi_{0}))b(\xi_{0}))]\}\leq1, then\ q=1.$
Proof. It follows from the definitions of
$L(\cdot,\cdot)$ and
$g_{\xi_{n}}(s)$ and corollary 4.3 that

and

According convention
$(A_{2})$ and the properties of the probability generating functions, we obtain

that is,

Using the recursion of (5.2), we obtain

According to Lemma 5.2, if
$E[g'_{\xi_{0}}(1)]\leq1$, that is,
$E[\beta(\xi_{0})a(\xi_{0})\varphi'_{\xi_{0}}(\beta(\xi_{0})a(\xi_{0})+(1-\beta(\xi_{0}))b(\xi_{0}))] \leq1$, then

Similarly, we get
$E(s^{Z_{n+1}}\mid Z_{n},\overrightarrow{\xi})\geq[\overline{g}_{\xi_{n}}(s)]^{Z_{n}}$, and therefore

Owing to Lemma 5.2, if
$E[\overline{g}'_{\xi_{0}}(1)]\leq1$, that is,
$E[d(1-\beta(\xi_{0}))b(\xi_{0})\varphi'_{\xi_{0}}(\beta(\xi_{0})a(\xi_{0})+(1-\beta(\xi_{0}))b(\xi_{0}))]\}\leq1$, then

In summary, if
$\min\{E[\beta(\xi_{0})a(\xi_{0})\varphi'_{\xi_{0}}(\beta(\xi_{0})a(\xi_{0})+(1-\beta(\xi_{0}))b(\xi_{0}))], E[d(1-\beta(\xi_{0}))b(\xi_{0})\varphi'_{\xi_{0}}(\beta(\xi_{0})a(\xi_{0})+(1-\beta(\xi_{0}))b(\xi_{0}))]\}\leq1$, then q = 1.
Theorem 5.5. Let
$L(x,y)=x$. If
$E[\beta(\xi_{0})a(\xi_{0})\varphi'_{\xi_{0}}(\beta(\xi_{0})a(\xi_{0})+(1-\beta(\xi_{0}))b(\xi_{0}))] \leq1$, then q = 1.
Proof. By the definition of
$L(\cdot,\cdot)$ and Corollary 4.3, we have

From Lemma 5.2, convention
$(A_{2})$, the definition of
$g_{\xi_{n}}(s)$, and the properties of probability generating functions, it follows that

Hence

By the recursion of (5.3), we obtain

By Lemma 5.2, if
$E[g'_{\xi_{0}}(1)]\leq1$, that is,
$E[\beta(\xi_{0})a(\xi_{0})\varphi'_{\xi_{0}}(\beta(\xi_{0})a(\xi_{0})+(1-\beta(\xi_{0}))b(\xi_{0}))] \leq1$, then

6. Limiting behaviors
Definition 6.1. Suppose
$\{Z_{n},n\geq0\}$ is a bisexual branching process affected by viral infectivity and with random control functions in the random environment
$\overrightarrow{\xi}$, when the nth generation has k mating units,

is defined to be the mean growth rate of per mating unit in nth generation.
Lemma 6.2. Let
$\phi_{n}(\cdot)$ and
$L(\cdot,\cdot)$ be super additive, then for any
$n\in N,j\in N^{+}$, it holds that
$\inf\limits_{j\geq1}r_{j}(\xi_{n})$ exists.
Proof. By the super additivity of mating function
$L(\cdot,\cdot)$ and the condition
$P(cZ_{n}\leq\phi_{n}(Z_{n})\leq Z_{n}\mid\overrightarrow{\xi})=1$, we get

For given
$\overrightarrow{\xi}$ and fixed
$n\in N, \{(\,f_{ni}I_{f,ni},m_{ni}I_{m,ni}),i\geq1\}$ are i.i.d., so we have

According to the supremum and infimum principle, it holds that
$\inf\limits_{j\geq1}r_{j}(\xi_{n})$ exists.
Writing
$R(\xi_{n})=\inf\limits_{j\geq1}r_{j}(\xi_{n})$, we have

Lemma 6.3. Let
$\overrightarrow{\xi}$ be an i.i.d. random environment,
$L(.,.)$ and
$\phi_{n}(\cdot)$ be super additive, then it holds that

Proof. Using the definition of conditional mean growth rate, the super additivity of
$\phi_{n}(\cdot)$ and
$L(\cdot,\cdot)$ and the fact that for given
$\overrightarrow{\xi}$ and any
$n\in N,\{(\,f_{ni}I_{f,ni},m_{ni}I_{m,ni}),i\geq1\}$ are i.i.d., it suffices to show that

Namely
$kr_{k}(\xi_{n})$ is super additive, so we have

Corollary 6.4. For any
$n\in N$, it holds that

Proof. We shall prove this result by induction. For n = 1, using the definition of conditional mean growth rate, convention
$(A_{2})$ and Lemma 6.3 gives

Namely inequality (6.1) holds for n = 1. Supposing inequality (6.1) holds for
$n=s\in N^{+}$, below we prove it holds for
$n=s+1$

On the other hand, we can also obtain

which completes the proof.
In what follows, we let
$S_{n}=\prod\limits_{k=0}^{n-1}r(\xi_{k}), I_{n}=\prod\limits_{k=0}^{n-1}R(\xi_{k}), n\in N^{+}, S_{0}=I_{0}=1, \widehat{W}_{n}=S_{n}^{-1}\cdot Z_{n}, \overline{W}_{n}=I_{n}^{-1}\cdot Z_{n},n\in N.$
Theorem 6.5. Let
$\overrightarrow{\xi}$ be an i.i.d. random environment,
$\phi_{n}(\cdot)$ and
$L(\cdot,\cdot)$ be super additive, then there exists a nonnegative, finite random variable
$\widehat{W}$ such that

Proof. For any
$n\in N$, it holds that

From the definition of
$\widehat{W}_{n}$ and Lemma 6.3, we deduce that

Namely
$\{\widehat{W}_{n},\mathfrak{F}_{n}(\overrightarrow{\xi}),n\geq 0\}$ is a nonnegative supermartingale. Since

according to the martingale convergence theorem, there exists a nonnegative, finite random variable
$\widehat{W}$ such that

The proof ends.
In what follows, for any
$n\in N,j\in N^{+}$, we denote
$\sigma_{j}(\xi_{n})\doteq j^{-2}Var(Z_{n+1}\mid Z_{n}=j, \overrightarrow{\xi}), d_{j}(\xi_{n})\doteq E(Z_{n+1}^{2}\mid Z_{n}=j, \overrightarrow{\xi})$, then we have the following.
Lemma 6.6. For any
$n\in N$, let
$\phi_{n}(\cdot)$ and
$L(\cdot,\cdot)$ be super additive, then there exists a
$\sigma(\xi_{n})$ such that
$\sigma_{j}(\xi_{n})\leq\sigma(\xi_{n}),j\in N^{+}$ when
$\overrightarrow{\xi}$ is given.
Proof. From Definition (2.2), the super additivity of
$L(\cdot,\cdot)$ and
$\phi_{n}(\cdot)$, and the fact that
$\{(\,f_{ni}I_{f,ni},m_{ni}I_{m,ni}),i\geq 1\}$ are i.i.d. when n is given, it follows that

So
$d_{j}(\xi_{n})=E(Z_{n+1}^{2}\mid Z_{n}=j,\overrightarrow{\xi})$ is super additive, then it holds

Since
$j^{-2}d_{j}(\xi_{n})=j^{-2}E(Z_{n+1}^{2}\mid Z_{n}=j,\overrightarrow{\xi})\leq j^{-1}E(Z_{n+1}^{2}\mid Z_{n}=j,\overrightarrow{\xi})$, then
$\sigma_{j}(\xi_{n})=j^{-2}d_{j}(\xi_{n})-r_{j}^{2}(\xi_{n})\leq \sup\limits_{j \gt 0}j^{-1}E(Z_{n+1}^{2}\mid Z_{n}=j,\overrightarrow{\xi})-R^{2}(\xi_{n})\doteq\sigma(\xi_{n}), \ j\in N^{+},$ which completes the proof of Lemma 6.6.
Lemma 6.7 ([Reference Molina and Mota11])
Let
$R^{+}=(0,+\infty)$. For given
$\overrightarrow{\xi}$, it follows that
(1) For any given
$n\in N$, if
$\{A_{j}(\xi_{n}),j\geq1\}$ is a nonincreasing sequence, then there exists a nonincreasing function
$V_{\xi_{n}}(\cdot)$ on
$R^{+}$ such that
$V_{\xi_{n}}(j)\geq A_{j}(\xi_{n}), j\in N^{+}$ and
$V_{\xi_{n}}^{\ast}(x)=x\cdot V_{\xi_{n}}(x), x\geq1$ and
$\widehat{V}_{\xi_{n}}^{\ast}(x)=x\cdot V^{2}_{\xi_{n}}(x^{\frac{1}{2}}), x\geq1$ are concave.
(2) For any given
$n\in N$, if
$\{A_{j}(\xi_{n}),j\geq1\}$ is a nondecreasing sequence, then there exists a nondecreasing function
$\psi_{\xi_{n}}(\cdot)$ on
$R^{+}$ such that
$ \psi_{\xi_{n}}(j)\leq A_{j}(\xi_{n}), j\in N^{+}$ and
$\psi_{\xi_{n}}^{\ast}(x)=x\cdot \psi_{\xi_{n}}(x),x \gt 0$ is convex.
Theorem 6.8. Let
$\overrightarrow{\xi}$ be an i.i.d. random environment,
$\phi_{n}(\cdot)$ and
$L(\cdot,\cdot)$ be super additive. If

and

then it holds that
$\{\widehat{W}_{n},n\geq0\}$ converges in L 1, as
$n\rightarrow\infty$, to a nonnegative finite random variable
$\widehat{W}$ with
$P(\widehat{W} \gt 0) \gt 0$.
Proof. For any
$n\in N$, by the definition of
$\widehat{W}_{n}$ and Lemmas 6.3 and 6.6, we have

namely,

By the recursion of (6.2), we have

Since
$\sum\limits_{k=0}^{\infty}E[r^{-2}(\xi_{k})\sigma(\xi_{k})] \lt \infty$ and
$\overrightarrow{\xi}$ is i.i.d., it follows that

Namely
$\{\widehat{W}_{n},n\geq0\}$ is bounded in L 2, and therefore
$\{\widehat{W}_{n},n\geq0\} $ is uniformly integrable. It follows from Theorem 6.5 that

Below we prove
$P(\widehat{W} \gt 0) \gt 0.$ By the fact that
$r_{Z_{n}}(\xi_{n})$ is nondecreasing and Lemma 6.7, it suffices to show that there exists a nondecreasing function
$\psi_{\xi_{n}}(\cdot)$ and a convex function
$\psi_{\xi_{n}}^{\ast}(x)=x\cdot\psi_{\xi_{n}}(x)$ on
$R^{+}$ such that

namely,

The recursion of (6.3) implies

Combining
$\sum\limits_{k=0}^{\infty}E[1-r^{-1}(\xi_{k})\psi_{\xi_{k}}(E(Z_{k}\mid\overrightarrow{\xi}))] \lt \infty$ with Lemma 6.7, one derives that

By the Dominated convergence theorem, we have

which completes the proof.
Let
$\varepsilon_{k}(\xi_{n})=r(\xi_{n})-r_{k}(\xi_{n}) \gt 0,k\in N$. By Lemma 6.7 (i) and the fact that
$r_{k}(\xi_{n}),k\in N$ is nondecreasing, there exists a nonincreasing function
$V_{\xi_{n}}(\cdot)$ satisfying Lemma 6.7 (i) such that
$V_{\xi_{n}}(k)\geq \varepsilon_{k}(\xi_{n}), k\in N^{+}$ and
$V^{\ast}_{\xi_{n}}(x)=xV^{2}_{\xi_{n}}(x^{\frac{1}{2}}), x\geq1$ are convex.
Theorem 6.9. If
$\sum\limits_{n=0}^{\infty}E[r^{-2}(\xi_{n})\sigma(\xi_{n})] \lt \infty$ and
$\sum\limits_{n=0}^{\infty}\{E[r^{-2}(\xi_{n})V^{2}_{\xi_{n}}(I_{n})]\}^{\frac{1}{2}} \lt \infty$, then
$\{\widehat{W}_{n},n\in N\}$ converges in L 2 to a nonnegative random variable
$\widehat{W}$.
Proof. By Theorem 6.8, if
$\sum\limits_{n=0}^{\infty}E[r^{-2}(\xi_{n})\sigma(\xi_{n})] \lt \infty$, then
$\{\widehat{W}_{n},n\in N\}$ is bounded in L 2, that is, there exists a constant
$C\geq0$ such that
$E\widehat{W}_{n}^{2}\leq C,n\in N$. Since
$\{\widehat{W}_{n},\mathfrak{F}_{n}(\overrightarrow{\xi}),n\in N\}$ is a nonnegative supermartingale, it follows from the Doob martingale decomposition theorem that
$\widehat{W}_{n}=Y_{n}-T_{n},n\in N$, where
$\{Y_{n},\mathfrak{F}_{n}(\overrightarrow{\xi}),n\in N\}$ is a martingale with
$T_{0}=0$ and

Below we show that
$\{T_{n},n\in N\}$ is bounded in L 2

Lemma 6.7 implies that
$xV_{\xi_{n}}^{2}(x^{\frac{1}{2}})$ is convex, and we deduce from Jensens inequality and Corollary 6.4 that

An immediate consequence of the assumptions of Theorem 6.9 is that
$\parallel T_{n}\parallel_{2}\leq\sum\limits_{k=0}^{\infty}\sqrt{C}\{E[r^{-2}(\xi_{k})V_{\xi_{k}}^{2}(I_{k})]\}^{\frac{1}{2}} \lt \infty,$ namely
$\{T_{n},n\in N\} $ is bounded in L 2, and therefore
$\{T_{n},n\in N\}$ converges in L 2 . Since
$Y_{n}=\widehat{W}_{n}+T_{n}$, then
$\{Y_{n},n\in N\}$ is a martingale bounded in L 2. It follows that from the martingale convergence theorem that
$\{Y_{n},n\in N\}$ converges in L 2. In summary, we get that
$\{\widehat{W}_{n},n\in N\}$ converges to
$\widehat{W}$ in L 2.
Theorem 6.10. If
$\sum\limits_{k=0}^{\infty}[E(r(\xi_{k})R^{-1}(\xi_{k}))-1] \lt \infty$, then there exists a nonnegative finite random variable
$\overline{W}$ such that

Proof. By Definition 2.2, we have

Namely
$\{\overline{W}_{n+1},\mathfrak{F}_{n}(\overrightarrow{\xi}),n\geq0\}$ is a nonnegative submartingale. Corollary 6.4 implies

Since
$\overrightarrow{\xi}$ is an i.i.d. random environment and
$R(\xi_{n})\leq r(\xi_{n})$, we have

From
$\sum\limits_{k=0}^{\infty}[E(r(\xi_{k})R^{-1}(\xi_{k}))-1] \lt \infty$, we have
$\sup\limits_{n\geq0} E(\overline{W}_{n}) \lt \infty.$ Thus, by the Doob convergence theorem, it follows that there exists a nonnegative finite random variable
$\overline{W}$ such that
$\lim\limits_{n\rightarrow\infty}\overline{W}_{n}=\overline{W} \ \ a.s.$
7. Conclusion
So far, there are few results on the the model of bisexual branching processes affected by viral infectivity and with random control functions in i.i.d. random environments. In this paper, based on the model, we discussed the Markov property, the relations of the probability generating functions of this model, and some sufficient conditions for process extinction under common mating functions as well as the limiting behaviors. The results of classical bisexual branching process are generalized and its application scope is broadened.
Acknowledgments
The authors want to express their sincere thanks to the referee for his or her valuable remarks and suggestions, which made this paper more readable.
Funding statement
This survey is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 11971034) and the Natural Science Foundation of Anhui Universities (Grant Nos. 2022AH051370 and 2023AH052234).
Competing interest
The authors declare no competing interest.