Generalized Stable Population and Agent-Based Models of Phenotypic Transmission in Human Populations, with an Application to Body Size.

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INTRODUCTION: We show that generalizations of stable population (GSPM) and agent-based models (ABMs) are useful tools to simulate trajectories of human phenotypes. Although mathematically very different, both classes of models can simultaneously account for multiple determinants of the population distribution of a phenotype across time and space. These include genetic transmission, assortative mating,...

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