generates recombination events uniformly at random along the chromosome, with a user-specified recombination rate for each chromosome More...
parameter | default | notes |
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rate = <float> | 1 | optional; same rate (per chromosome) for all chromosomes |
rates = <float> ... | none | optional; specific rates for all chromosomes, number of rates must match number of chromosomes |
Note: 'rate' is the expected number of recombination positions (crossovers) for that chromosome per meiosis; the actual number of recombination positions ~ Poisson(rate).