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Mol Ecol Resour. 2009 Jan;9(1):107-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2008.02417.x. Epub 2008 Nov 10.

IBDSim: a computer program to simulate genotypic data under isolation by distance.

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Raphaël Leblois, Arnaud Estoup, François Rousset

Affiliations

  1. Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, UMR 5202 CNRS/MNHN 'Origine, Structure et Evolution de la Biodiversité', Paris, France, INRA, UMR CBGP (INRA/IRD/Cirad/Montpellier SupAgro), Campus International de Baillarguet CS 30 016 F-34988, Montferrier-sur-Lez cedex, France, Université Montpellier 2, CNRS, Institut des sciences de l'Évolution, Montpellier, France.

PMID: 21564573 DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2008.02417.x

Abstract

IBDSim is a package for the simulation of genotypic data under isolation by distance. It is based on a backward 'generation by generation' coalescent algorithm allowing the consideration of various isolation by distance models with discrete subpopulations as well as continuous populations. Many dispersal distributions can be considered as well as heterogeneities in space and time of the demographic parameters. Typical applications of our program include (i) the study of the effect of various sampling, mutational and demographic factors on the pattern of genetic variation; and (ii) the production of test data sets to assess the influence of these factors on inferential methods available to analyse genotypic data.

© 2008 The Authors. Journal compilation © 2008 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.

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