Inference with selection, varying population size and evolving population structure: Application of ABC to a forward-backward coalescent process with interactions

1 code implementation • 22 Oct 2019 • Clotilde Lepers, Sylvain Billiard, Matthieu Porte, Sylvie Méléard, Viet Chi Tran

Second, we develop an Approximate Bayesian Computation framework to use our model for analyzing genetic data.

Populations and Evolution Probability Applications 92D25, 60J80, 92D15, 60J75

Identifying conversion efficiency as a key mechanism underlying food webs evolution : a step forward, or backward ?

no code implementations • 15 May 2019 • Coralie Fritsch, Sylvain Billiard, Nicolas Champagnat

We then show that considering biomass conversion efficiency dependent on species size is certainly key for food webs adaptive evolution because realistic food webs can evolve, making obsolete the need of arbitrary constraints on traits' evolution.