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simuPOP is a very powerful simulator. Although we will address some of its features in the following recipes, it's impossible to go through all of them. If you want to simulate linked loci, non-autosomal chromosomes, complex demographies, different sex ratios and models, or mutation, simuPOP will accommodate you. Do not forget to check its website at http://simupop.sourceforge.net/ and check out its great documentation. The user and reference manuals are fantastic. For example, in the documentation, you will find widely used demographic models, such as the cosi model of human demographies.

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