cdpop: A spatially explicit cost distance population genetics program

Spatially explicit simulation of gene flow in complex landscapes is essential to explain observed population responses and provide a foundation for landscape genetics. To address this need, we wrote a spatially explicit, individual‐based population genetics model (cdpop). The model implements indivi...

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Published in:Molecular ecology resources 2010-01, Vol.10 (1), p.156-161
Main Authors: LANDGUTH, ERIN L., CUSHMAN, S. A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Dispersal
distance matrices
Gene flow
Genetic structure
Genetics
Genotypes
Heredity
individual-based model
landscape resistance
Life history
Mutation
Population genetics
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Summary:Spatially explicit simulation of gene flow in complex landscapes is essential to explain observed population responses and provide a foundation for landscape genetics. To address this need, we wrote a spatially explicit, individual‐based population genetics model (cdpop). The model implements individual‐based population modelling with Mendelian inheritance and k‐allele mutation on a resistant landscape. The model simulates changes in population and genotypes through time as functions of individual based movement, reproduction, mortality and dispersal on a continuous cost surface. This model will be a valuable tool for the study of landscape genetics by increasing our understanding about the effects of life history, vagility and differential models of landscape resistance on the genetic structure of populations in complex landscapes.
ISSN:1755-098X
1755-0998
DOI:10.1111/j.1755-0998.2009.02719.x