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. 2012 May;8(5):e1002495.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002495. Epub 2012 May 31.

Simulation of molecular data under diverse evolutionary scenarios

Miguel Arenas  1
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Simulation of molecular data under diverse evolutionary scenarios

Miguel Arenas. PLoS Comput Biol. 2012 May.
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The author has declared that no competing interests exist.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1. Example of nucleotide evolution on the ancestral recombination graph.
Note that this ARG contains a recombination event with breakpoint at position 6. Starting from a sequence assigned to the GMRCA, substitutions (marked with black circles) occur forward in time. Non-ancestral material (material that does not reach the sample) and its substitution events are shown in grey.
Figure 2
Figure 2. Example of a simulated modern human range expansion over Europe.
(A) Snapshots of the program SPLATCHE2 for an example of simulation of a Neolithic farmer expansion over Europe. Settings (demographic parameter values) used for this example are similar to those used in François et al. . Note that the range expansion starts from the bottom-right corner of Europe. Snapshots are taken every 40 generations. White demes are empty and dark colors indicate low population densities (in particular at the front of the expansion). (B) Scheme of sampling locations used for this simulation. (C) Spatial distribution of coalescent events during the range expansion.
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