Nemo v2.4.0 beta has been released!

The new version proposes an extended version of the quantitative traits and an increase of performances when modelling large genetic maps in Wright-Fisher populations.

The new features include:

• complex genotype-phenotype maps for multiple quantitative traits
  • pleiotropy can vary from locus to locus, allowing for independent to completely integrated phenotypes
  • loci can have additive, dominance and pair-wise epistatic effects
  • two allelic models are proposed: di-allelic (QTN) or infinite-allele model (continuum-of-allele model for QTL)
• phenotypic plasticity
  • plasticity is modeled after linear norms of reaction (z = g0 + g1 * (e - g2))
  • phenotypic values depend on values of environmental cues (e), which may or may not mirror phenotypic optimum values
  • plasticity can evolve when the slope (g1) of the nor-s are linked to quantitative traits
• better support for Wright-Fisher populations (constant population size and random mating)
  • improved simulation performances
  • support for dispersal and selection in WF populations
• better overall performances for simulation of large genetic maps
  • recombination algorithm has been revised and optimized for increased performances when multiple traits (types of genetic elements) are placed on the same genetic map
  • allows for any number of chromosomes

Nemo version 2.3 has been released!

Packages with Windows and MaxOSX executables are available on the download page.

WHAT'S NEW IN v2.3?

• A recombination map holding loci from multiple traits.
• A new trait coding for Dobzhansky-Muller incompatibility loci.
• Selection may act on multiple types of loci under selection (QTL, DMI, deleterious mutations)
• An unlimited number of quantitative traits can be modelled, with pleiotropic loci.
• The patterns of selection affecting quantitative traits can vary spatially and temporally among populations.
• And more, check the homepage of Nemo... read more

A pre-release version of Nemo, v2.3.40 [21 Apr 2015], has just been added to the project and is available for download.

The new features are:

o a recombination map holding loci from multiple traits under various forms of selection

o Dobzhanski-Muller incompatibility loci

o multi-trait viability selection (was restricted to a single trait before)

o and many more, see the released files

This is the first official release of Nemo, version 2.0.0. Nemo is a C++ developing framework and simulation software aimed at the study of life-history trait evolution and population genetics in an individual-based, genetically and spatially explicit, stochastic simulation framework. The complete code documentation and coding guidelines for the development of new evolutionary models using Nemo are available at http://nemo2.sourceforge.net . Binaries for Mac OS X and Win32 are available for download at http://sourceforge.net/project/nemo2 . The complete source code and documentation are available at the same address.... read more