dartR (version 1.1.11)

gl.sim.offspring: Simulates a specified number of offsprings based on alleles provided by potential father(s) and mother(s)

Description

This takes a population (or a single individual) of fathers (provided as a genlight object) and mother(s) and simulates offsprings based on "random" mating. It can be used to simulate population dynamics and check the effect of those dynamics and allele frequencies, number of alleles. Another application is to simulate relatedness of siblings and compare it to actual relatedness found in the population to determine kinship.

Usage

gl.sim.offspring(fathers, mothers, noffpermother, sexratio = 0.5)

Arguments

fathers

-- genlight object of potential fathers

mothers

-- genlight object of potential mothers simulated

noffpermother

-- number of offsprings per mother

sexratio

-- the sex ratio of simulated offsprings [females / females +males, 1 equals 100 percent females]

Value

a genlight object with n individuals.

Examples

# NOT RUN {
#Simulate 10 potential fathers
gl.fathers <- glSim(10, 20, ploidy=2)
#Simulate 10 potential mothers
gl.mothers <- glSim(10, 20, ploidy=2)
gl.sim.offspring(gl.fathers, gl.mothers, 2, sexratio=0.5)
# }