Citation

Software

If you use simGL in published work, please cite the software:

Coll Macià, M. & Gower, G. (2026). simGL: Simulate genotype likelihoods from haplotypic genotype matrices (v0.2.0). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19637642

Methodological references

Depending on which functions you use, please also cite the following papers:

Genotype likelihood model (simGL.allelereadcounts_to_GL())

Nielsen, R., Korneliussen, T., Albrechtsen, A., Li, Y., & Wang, J. (2012). SNP calling, genotype calling, and sample allele frequency estimation from new-generation sequencing data. PLOS ONE, 7(7), e37558. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0037558

Major/minor allele identification (simGL.GL_to_Mm())

Skotte, L., Korneliussen, T. S., & Albrechtsen, A. (2012). Association testing for next-generation sequencing data using score statistics. Genetic Epidemiology, 36(5), 430–437. https://doi.org/10.1002/gepi.21698

ANGSD (the GL convention used throughout simGL)

Korneliussen, T. S., Albrechtsen, A., & Nielsen, R. (2014). ANGSD: Analysis of next generation sequencing data. BMC Bioinformatics, 15, 356. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12859-014-0356-4