symsim 0.1 – Sympatric Speciation Simulation for Recombining Microbial Populations

symsim 0.1

:: DESCRIPTION

Symsim (sympatric speciation simulation) is a discrete generations model implemented in MatLab, with varying population size, designed to investigate the colonization of a new ecological niche. Each generation consists of resource competition, population growth and recombination in a sympatric pool. Symsim models a microbial population growing in an environment composed of two distinct niches, one ancestral (niche 0) and one derived (niche 1).

::DEVELOPER

The Alm lab

:: SCREENSHOTS

N/A

:: REQUIREMENTS

  • Windows / Linux / Mac OsX
  • MatLab

:: DOWNLOAD

 symsim

:: MORE INFORMATION

Citation

PLoS One. 2013;8(1):e53539. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0053539.
Sympatric speciation: when is it possible in bacteria?
Friedman J, Alm EJ, Shapiro BJ.