A real world example

Previous chapters use a lot of examples to demonstrate individual simuPOP features. However, it might not be clear how to integrate these features in longer scripts that address real world problems, which may involve larger populations, more complex genetic and demographic models and may run thousands of replicates with different parameters. This chapter will show you, step by step, how to write a complete simuPOP script that has been used in a real-world research topic.

• Simulation scenario
• Demographic model
• Mutation and selection models
• Output statistics
• Initialize and evolve the population
• Option handling