Modelling and Inferring Large-scale Demographic Fluctuations in Structured Populations Through Simulations and PSMC-based Methods.
Camille Steux, Ravi Vishwakarma, Gabriele Maria Sgarlata, Olivier Mazet, Rémi Tournebize, Christophe Thébaud, Benoît Goossens, Lounès Chikhi
This study simulates structured populations to assess PSMC's ability to infer demographic history, finding it fails to recover older fluctuations but works better for recent periods.
bioRxiv · Jun 22, 2026 · PreprintGenomics