BOTTLENECK version 1.2.02  (16.II.1999)

Bottleneck is a program for detecting recent effective population size reductions from allele data frequencies.

• Conception : Jean-Marie Cornuet and Gordon Luikart.

• Code written with Delphi 4.0® for Windows95® by Sylvain Piry.

• FEATURES in 1.2.02 :

  • Read Fstat file format.

Debugging history (Errare Humanum Est)

• 1.1.01: Correction of misreading Genepop and Genetix Files.
• 1.1.02: Always needs a dot as decimal separator (no matters Windows Configuration) in data files.
• 1.1.03: BUG REMOVED in the computation of coalescence durations. Be shure to replace your existing version, the results of estimated heterozygosity are a bit different. Some column names are changed in order to avoid confusion. Two other sample files added.
• 1.2.01: Various (small) bugs removed. Most importantly: Two-phase mutation model (T.P.M.) added. Parts of the internal data structures rewritten or modified.
• 1.2.02: Ability to read the Fstat file format.

Standard disclaimer: This program is provided "as-is". No authors or providers could be held responsible in case of trouble. You may distribute this program freely in any format, so long as the following conditions are met: The program remains intact without modification, the help file is included without modification, no fee of any kind is charged.

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Download this software installer and execute it. The program file can be accessed from the "Start menu", folder "CBGP". It is located in the "Program Files (x86)/CBGP/bottleneck" directory on your hard disk.

Keywords : bottleneck detection, allele frequencies, heterozygosity, coalescence, biology, molecular genetic, populations, calculation, free software, freeware, Windows only.