SMARTPOP: inferring the impact of social dynamics on genetic diversity through high speed simulations
| Autor: | Elsa G. Guillot, Murray P. Cox |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Population genetics
Population Mating systems Biology Machine learning computer.software_genre DNA Mitochondrial Biochemistry Evolution Molecular Software Design Structural Biology Genetic variation Statistical inference Humans Computer Simulation Social Behavior education Molecular Biology education.field_of_study Genetic diversity Models Genetic Forward-in-time simulation business.industry Applied Mathematics Genetic Variation Bayes Theorem Computer Science Applications Social dynamics Genetics Population Evolutionary biology Artificial intelligence Approximate Bayesian computation business computer Software Social behavior |
| Zdroj: | BMC Bioinformatics |
| ISSN: | 1471-2105 |
| DOI: | 10.1186/1471-2105-15-175 |
| Popis: | Background Social behavior has long been known to influence patterns of genetic diversity, but the effect of social processes on population genetics remains poorly quantified – partly due to limited community-level genetic sampling (which is increasingly being remedied), and partly to a lack of fast simulation software to jointly model genetic evolution and complex social behavior, such as marriage rules. Results To fill this gap, we have developed SMARTPOP – a fast, forward-in-time genetic simulator – to facilitate large-scale statistical inference on interactions between social factors, such as mating systems, and population genetic diversity. By simultaneously modeling genetic inheritance and dynamic social processes at the level of the individual, SMARTPOP can simulate a wide range of genetic systems (autosomal, X-linked, Y chromosomal and mitochondrial DNA) under a range of mating systems and demographic models. Specifically designed to enable resource-intensive statistical inference tasks, such as Approximate Bayesian Computation, SMARTPOP has been coded in C++ and is heavily optimized for speed and reduced memory usage. Conclusion SMARTPOP rapidly simulates population genetic data under a wide range of demographic scenarios and social behaviors, thus allowing quantitative analyses to address complex socio-ecological questions. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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