Table 1 Comparison of the features
From: AdmixSim 2: a forward-time simulator for modeling complex population admixture
Simulator features | AdmixSim 2 | quantiNemo 2 | SLiM 3.3 | simuPOP | GeneEvolve | SELAM | forqs | Admix’em |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Admixturea | Y, SS | N | Y | Y, SS | N | Y | Y | Y |
Real sequence data input | Y | N | Y/N | Y/N | Y | N | N | N |
Genomic data output | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | N |
Recombination | U, NU, A | U, NU, SS | U, NU | U, NU | U, NU | U | U, NU | U, NU, SS |
Mutation | U, NU, A | U, NU, KA, SM | U, NU, KA, SM | U, NU, KA, SM | U, NU, A | U | U, NU, A | U, NU |
Selection | SL, ML, POS, SS, GS, DS, A | SL, ML, POS, DS, GS, BS, ES | SL, ML, POS, DS, BS, ES, PHS, A | SL, ML, POS, BS, DS, ES | SL, ML, POS, DS, BS, PHS, A | SL, SS, POS, DS, ES | SL, ML, DS, A | SL, ML, POS, SS, DS, GS, ES, PHS |
X chromosome | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y |
Programming language | C++, Python | C++ | C++ | C++ | C++ | C++ | C++ | C++ |
Interface | Command-line, configuration files | Command line, configuration files | Edios programming | Python programming | Command-line, configuration files | Command-line, configuration files | Command-line, configuration files | Command-line, configuration files |