Drifter – Simulates Allele Frequencies using Forward-in-time Evolution under the Wright-Fisher model

Drifter

:: DESCRIPTION

Drifter simulates a forward-in-time Wright-Fisher model, and can be used to model genetic drift and explore the effects of sampling error given user-defined genetic frequency data.

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::DEVELOPER

Professor Murray Cox, Massey University

:: SCREENSHOTS

N/A

:: REQUIREMENTS

  • Linux / MacOsX /Windows
  • Perl

:: DOWNLOAD

 Drifter

:: MORE INFORMATION

Citation

Cox, M.P. 2006.
Extreme Patterns of Variance in Small Populations: Placing Limits on Human Y-Chromosome Diversity through Time in the Vanuatu Archipelago.
Annals of Human Genetics 71:390-406.