Simulating evolution in asexual populations with epistasis

I show how to use OncoSimulR, software for forward-time genetic simulations, to simulate evolution of asexual populations in the presence of epistatic interactions. This chapter emphasizes the specification of fitness and epistasis, both directly (i.e., specifying the effects of individual mutations...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Díaz Uriarte, Ramón
Tipo de recurso: capítulo de libro
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Repositorio:Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAM
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.uam.es:10486/690422
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10486/690422
https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-0947-7_9
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:simulation
epistasis
fitness landscape
evolution
mutation
fitness
Biología y Biomedicina / Biología
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Sumario:I show how to use OncoSimulR, software for forward-time genetic simulations, to simulate evolution of asexual populations in the presence of epistatic interactions. This chapter emphasizes the specification of fitness and epistasis, both directly (i.e., specifying the effects of individual mutations and their epistatic interactions) and indirectly (using models for random fitness landscapes)