Bug#718887: ITP: aevol -- A digital genetics model to run Evolution Experiments in silico

[David Parsons <david.parsons@inria.fr>]

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: David Parsons <david.parsons@inria.fr>

* Package name : aevol
  Version : 4.1
  Upstream Author : Guillaume Beslon <guillaume.beslon@inria.fr>
* URL : http://www.aevol.fr/
* License : GPL
  Programming Lang : C, C++
  Description : A digital genetics model to run Evolution Experiments 
in silico

 Aevol is a digital genetics model: populations of digital organisms 
are subjected to a process of selection and variation,
 which creates a Darwinian dynamics.
 By modifying the characteristics of selection (e.g. population size, 
type of environment, environmental variations)
 or variation (e.g. mutation rates, chromosomal rearrangement rates, 
types of rearrangements, horizontal transfer),
 one can study experimentally the impact of these parameters on the 
structure of the evolved organisms.
 In particular, since Aevol integrates a precise and realistic model of 
the genome, it allows for the study of structural
 variations of the genome (e.g. number of genes, synteny, proportion of 
coding sequences).
 .
 The simulation platform comes along with a set of tools for analysing 
phylogenies and measuring many characteristics of
 the organisms and populations along evolution.