title: SLiM: simulating evolution with selection and linkage.
abstract: SLiM is an efficient forward population genetic simulation designed for studying the effects of linkage and selection on a chromosome-wide scale. The program can incorporate complex scenarios of demography and population substructure, various models for selection and dominance of new mutations, arbitrary gene structure, and user-defined recombination maps.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA. messer@stanford.edu
authors.forename: Philipp W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Messer
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D008040:Genetic Linkage; D008957:Models, Genetic; D009154:Mutation; D011153:Population / Q000235:genetics; D012984:Software
keywords: background selection; genetic hitchhiking; population genetic simulation