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NAME

Bio::PopGen::Simulation::Coalescent - A Coalescent simulation factory

SYNOPSIS

use Bio::PopGen::Simulation::Coalescent;
my @taxonnames;
my $sim = new Bio::PopGen::Simluation::Coalescent( -samples => \@taxonnames);

# or for anonymous samples

my $factory = new Bio::PopGen::Simluation::Coalescent( -sample_size => 6,
                                                       -maxcount => 50);

my $tree = $factory->next_tree;

# add 20 mutations randomly to the tree
$factory->add_Mutations($tree,20);

DESCRIPTION

Builds a random tree every time next_tree is called or up to -maxcount times with branch lengths and provides the ability to randomly add mutations onto the tree with a probabilty proportional to the branch lengths.

This algorithm is based on the make_tree algorithm from Richard Hudson 1990.

Hudson, R. R. 1990. Gene genealogies and the coalescent process. Pp. 1-44 in D. Futuyma and J. Antonovics, eds. Oxford surveys in evolutionary biology. Vol. 7. Oxford University Press, New York.

This module was previously named Bio::Tree::RandomTree

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AUTHOR - Jason Stajich, Matthew Hahn

Email jason-at-bioperl-dot-org Email matthew-dot-hahn-at-duke-dot-edu

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APPENDIX

The rest of the documentation details each of the object methods. Internal methods are usually preceded with a _

new

Title   : new
Usage   : my $obj = new Bio::PopGen::Simulation::Coalescent();
Function: Builds a new Bio::PopGen::Simulation::Coalescent object 
Returns : an instance of Bio::PopGen::Simulation::Coalescent
Args    : -samples => arrayref of sample names
          OR
          -sample_size=> number of samples (samps will get a systematic name)
          -maxcount   => [optional] maximum number of trees to provide

next_tree

Title   : next_tree
Usage   : my $tree = $factory->next_tree
Function: Returns a random tree based on the initialized number of nodes
          NOTE: if maxcount is not specified on initialization or
                set to a valid integer, subsequent calls to next_tree will 
                continue to return random trees and never return undef
Returns : Bio::Tree::TreeI object
Args    : none

add_Mutations

 Title   : add_Mutations
 Usage   : $factory->add_Mutations($tree, $mutcount);
 Function: Adds mutations to a tree via a random process weighted by 
           branch length (it is a poisson distribution 
			  as part of a coalescent process) 
 Returns : none
 Args    : $tree - Bio::Tree::TreeI 
           $nummut - number of mutations
           $precision - optional # of digits for precision

maxcount

Title   : maxcount
Usage   : $obj->maxcount($newval)
Function: 
Returns : Maxcount value
Args    : newvalue (optional)

samples

Title   : samples
Usage   : $obj->samples($newval)
Function: 
Example : 
Returns : value of samples
Args    : newvalue (optional)

sample_size

Title   : sample_size
Usage   : $obj->sample_size($newval)
Function: 
Example : 
Returns : value of sample_size
Args    : newvalue (optional)

random

Title   : random
Usage   : my $rfloat = $node->random($size)
Function: Generates a random number between 0 and $size
          This is abstracted so that someone can override and provide their
          own special RNG.  This is expected to be a uniform RNG.
Returns : Floating point random
Args    : $maximum size for random number (defaults to 1)