Mixed-state branching evolution for cell division models

Abstract We prove a scaling limit theorem for two-type Galton–Watson branching processes with interaction. The limit theorem gives rise to a class of mixed-state branching processes with interaction used to simulate evolution for cell division affected by parasites. Such processes can also be obtained by the pathwise-unique solution to a stochastic equation system. Moreover, we present sufficient conditions for extinction with probability 1 and the exponential ergodicity in the $L^1$ -Wasserstein distance of such processes in some cases.