Genometric Analysis Simulation Program (GASP)

Keywords and Statements

Conventions:

Bold text denotes a valid keyword or delimiter.
A permissible value must be substituted for italicized text.
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 1)  sample    /     title      =     title 

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 2)  sample    /     repetition =       #_of_reps;
                      
 3)  One of:

     family    /     type       =     unrelated  ;
     family    /     type       =     sibship    ;
     family    /     type       =     nuclear    ;
     family    /     type       =     ceph       ;
     family    /     type       =     simple     ;

 4)  family    /     number     =      #_families;

 5)  family    /     size       =        fam_size;

 6)  One of:

     family    /     offspring  =     fixed      =        sib_size;
     family    /     offspring  =     random     =        nb_par_1,        nb_par_2;

 7)  seed      /     autoseed   =        int_seed;

For each single locus component (0 - 20):

 8a) component /     locus      =     locus_name ;

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 8b)                 n_alleles        recomb_frac;

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 8c)                 al_1_name          al_1_freq;
                     al_2_name          al_2_freq;
                     al_3_name          al_3_freq;
                        .                  .
                        .                  .
                        .                  .
                     al_n_name          al_n_freq;

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 8d)                 gt_11_val          gt_11_var;
                     gt_12_val          gt_12_var;
                         .                  .
                         .                  .
                         .                  .
                     gt_1n_val          gt_1n_var;
                     gt_22_val          gt_22_var;
                     gt_23_val          gt_23_var;
                         .                  .
                         .                  .
                         .                  .
                     gt_nn_val          gt_nn_var;

For each trait-specific environment component (0 - 3): 

 9)  component /     environmen =     env_name   ;  

For each polygenic component (0 - 3):

10)  component /     polygene   =     polygn_name; 

For each covariate component (0 - 3):

11)  component /     covariate  =     covar_name ;

For each common sibship environment component (0 - 3):

12)  component /     common_env =     com_env_nam; 
 
For each trait (0 - 5):

13a) trait     /     trt_name   =     n_trt_cmpts;

For each component of the trait, indicate the component with the proportion 
of the trait phenotypic variance due to that specific component:

13b)
                                      trt_cmpt1  *  trt_cmpt1_%var+
                                      trt_cmpt2  *  trt_cmpt2_%var+
                                              .             .
                                              .             .
                                              .             .
                                      trt_cmptn  *  trt_cmptn_%var;

14)  genotypes /      random    ;

15)  end       ;