title: SimMLST: simulation of multi-locus sequence typing data under a neutral model.
abstract: CONCLUSIONS
  Multi-locus sequence typing (MLST) is a widely used method of characterization of bacterial isolates. It has been applied to over 50,000 isolates in over 50 different species. Here, we present a coalescent method to jointly simulate MLST data and the clonal genealogy that gave rise to the sample.
  
  
  METHODS
  SimMLST was implemented in C++ and Qt4 for the graphical user interface. It is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License. Source code and binaries for Windows and Linux are available from (http://go.warwick.ac.uk/SimMLST). A user guide and a technical description of the algorithm are provided with the program.
authors.affiliation: Department of Statistics, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK. X.Didelot@warwick.ac.uk
authors.forename: Xavier
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Didelot
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lawson
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Falush
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D003198:Computer Simulation; D011381:Programming Languages; D016415:Sequence Alignment / Q000379:methods*; D012984:Software