simuPOP: a forward-time population genetics simulation environment
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- 14 July 2005
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Bioinformatics
- Vol. 21 (18) , 3686-3687
- https://doi.org/10.1093/bioinformatics/bti584
Abstract
Summary: simuPOP is a forward-time population genetics simulation environment. The core of simuPOP is a scripting language (Python) that provides a large number of objects and functions to manipulate populations, and a mechanism to evolve populations forward in time. Using this R/Splus-like environment, users can create, manipulate and evolve populations interactively, or write a script and run it as a batch file. Owing to its flexible and extensible design, simuPOP can simulate large and complex evolutionary processes with ease. At a more user-friendly level, simuPOP provides an increasing number of built-in scripts that perform simulations ranging from implementation of basic population genetics models to generating datasets under complex evolutionary scenarios. Availability: simuPOP is freely available at http://simupop.sourceforge.net, distributed under GPL license. Contact:bpeng@rice.eduKeywords
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