Abstract
Computer simulations are a useful tool to solve problems in population genetics for which no analytical solutions are available. We developed Plabsoft, a powerful and flexible software for popu- lation genetic simulation and data analysis. Various mating systems can be simulated, comprising planned crosses, random mating, partial selfing, selfing, single-seed descent, double haploids, topcrosses, and factorials. Selection can be simulated according to selection indices based on phenotypic values and/ or molecular marker scores. Data analysis routines are provided to analyze simulated and experimental datasets for allele and genotype frequencies, geno- typic and phenotypic values and variances, molecular genetic diversity, linkage disequilibrium, and param- eters to optimize marker-assisted backcrossing pro- grams. Plabsoft has already been employed in numerous studies, we chose some of them to illustrate the functionality of the software.
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