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AlphaSim: Software for Breeding Program Simulation.
The plant genome - 1 Nov 2016
Faux Anne-Michelle, Gorjanc Gregor, Gaynor R Chris, Battagin Mara, Edwards Stefan M, Wilson David L, Hearne Sarah J, Gonen Serap, Hickey John M
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This paper describes AlphaSim, a software package for simulating plant and animal breeding programs. AlphaSim enables the simulation of multiple aspects of breeding programs with a high degree of flexibility. AlphaSim simulates breeding programs in a series of steps: (i) simulate haplotype sequences and pedigree; (ii) drop haplotypes into the base generation of the pedigree and select single-nucleotide...
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