SimBit: A high performance, flexible and easy-to-use population genetic simulator
bioRxiv, (2020)DOI: 10.1101/2020.05.12.086884
Abstract
SimBit is a general purpose and high performance forward-in-time population genetics simulator. SimBit has been designed to be able to model a wide diversity of complex scenarios from a simple set of commands that are very flexible. SimBit also comes with a R wrapper that simplifies the management of an entire research project from the creation of a grid of parameters and corresponding inputs, running simulations and gathering outputs for analysis. Implementing various representations of the individual’s genotype allows SimBit to sustain a high performance in a wide diversity of simulation scenarios. SimBit’s performance was extensively benchmarked in comparison to SLiM, Nemo and SFS_CODE. No single program systematically outperforms the others but SimBit is most often the highest performing program and maintains high performance in all scenarios considered.Competing Interest StatementThe authors have declared no competing interest.