[sfscode-users] bacterial recombination

[Tatum M. <tmo...@wi...>]

Hi Ryan,

This reply is regarding a previous question about simulating bacterial
recombination. I wasn't a member of the mailing list then, and I can't
figure out how to respond to that message specifically. I've recently been
using SFS_CODE to simulate bacterial populations, including gene
conversion. When I run a recombination detection program (BRATNextGen) on
the results of the simulation, tracts of similar size to my input on the
command line are detected. I also double checked this by running a strictly
clonal simulation, and BRATNextGen detected no recombination. In your
previous answer, you said that gene conversion only works in diploids and
tetraploids. However, it appears that gene conversion is occurring in my
haploid simulations.

Best,
Tatum