AutoPop

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Michelle L. Gaynor, Nicholas Kortessis, Douglas E. Soltis, Pamela S. Soltis, and José Miguel Ponciano

Introduction

R-based joint-dynamic population simulation for diploids, triploids, and autotetraploids. For details on these methods, see Gaynor et al. 2025. To summarize, this package contains a stochastic stage-structured matrix population dynamics model for diploid, triploid, and autotetraploid perennial plants with overlapping generations and two life-stages (reproductively immature and reproductively mature). Stay-tune for v2.0.0, which will include population genetic simulations.

Installation

install.packages("devtools"")
devtools::install_github("mgaynor1/AutoPop")

References

Gaynor ML, Kortessis N, Soltis DE, Soltis PS, and Ponciano JM. 2025. Dynamics of mixed-ploidy populations under demographic and environmental stochasticities. Accepted. The American Naturalist.

Gaynor ML, Soltis DE, Soltis PS, and Ponciano JM. Modeling the dynamics of multiple origins and gene flow in autopolyploids. In prep.