NAME

       aevol - an in silico experimental evolution platform

SYNOPSIS

       aevol_propagate -h or --help
       aevol_propagate -V or --version
       aevol_propagate [-v] [-g GENER] [-i INDIR] [-o OUTDIR] [-S GENERALSEED]
       aevol_propagate  [-v]  [-g  GENER]  [-i  INDIR]  [-o OUTDIR] [-s SELSEED] [-m MUTSEED] [-t STOCHSEED] [-e
       ENVVARSEED] [-n ENVNOISESEED]

DESCRIPTION

       Aevol is a simulation platform that allows  one  to  let  populations  of  digital  organisms  evolve  in
       different  conditions  and  study  experimentally the mechanisms responsible for the structuration of the
       genome and the transcriptome.

       aevol_propagate
              creates a fresh copy of the experiment as it was at the given generation. The generation number of
              the copy will be reset  to  0.  If  you  use  aevol_propagate  repeatedly  to  initialize  several
              simulations,  you  should  specify a different seed for each simulation, otherwise all simulations
              will yield exactly the same results. You can use the option -S to do so. In this case, the  random
              drawings  will  be  different  for  all  random  processes enabled in your simulations (mutations,
              stochastic gene expression, selection, migration, environmental variation,  environmental  noise).
              Alternatively, to change the random drawings for specific random processes only, do not use -S but
              the options -m, -s, -t, -e, -n (see below).

OPTIONS

       -h, --help
              print help, then exit

       -V, --version
              print version number, then exit

       -v, --verbose
              be verbose

       -g, --gener GENER
              specify generation number (default: that contained in file last_gener.txt, if any)

       -i, --in INDIR
              specify input directory (default ".")

       -o, --out OUTDIR
              specify output directory (default "./output")

       -S, --general-seed GENERALSEED
              specify  an integer to be used as a seed for random numbers. If you use aevol_propagate repeatedly
              to initialize several simulations, you should  specify  a  different  seed  for  each  simulation,
              otherwise  all  simulations will yield exactly the same results. If you specify this general seed,
              random drawings will be different for all random processes enabled in your simulations (mutations,
              stochastic gene expression, selection, migration, environmental variation,  environmental  noise).
              To  change  the  random drawings for a specific random process only, do not use -S but the options
              below.

       -s, --sel-seed SELSEED
              specify an integer as a seed for random numbers needed for selection  and  migration  (if  spatial
              structure is enabled).

       -m, --mut-seed MUTSEED
              specify an integer as a seed for random numbers needed for mutations.

       -t, --stoch-seed STOCHSEED
              specify an integer as a seed for random numbers needed for stochastic gene expression.

       -e, --env-var-seed ENVVARSEED
              specify an integer as a seed for random numbers needed for environmental variation.

       -n, --env-noise-seed ENVNOISESEED
              specify an integer as a seed for random numbers needed for environmental noise.

SEE ALSO

       aevol_create, aevol_run, aevol_modify

aevol 4.4                                           July 2014                                           AEVOL(1)