title: SPAms: A user-friendly software to simulate population genetics data under complex demographic models.
abstract: Patterns of genetic diversity can be used to reconstruct populations demographic history. Thus, it is crucial to understand the statistical properties of data sets generated under different scenarios. SPAms is a graphical application that allows the simulation of data under a set of demographic models of increasing complexity: (i) population size change (ii) admixture and (iii) population structure (n-island or stepping stone model). SPAms generates data under the infinite site and the stepwise mutation models and computes a set of commonly used statistics. It should thus be a useful tool for both research and teaching purposes.
authors.affiliation: Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Rua da Quinta Grande, nº6, 2780-156 Oeiras, Portugal.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Parreira
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Trussart
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Sousa
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hudson
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chikhi