Parameters |
Short Definition |
Standard
values applied |
G |
Compound phenotype size; Length of the binary characters that
define each pathogen. |
30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80,
100
|
K |
Carrying capacity; The pathogen’s maximum population size the
host can support |
1000, 2000, 3000, 4000, 5000 |
σ |
Deviation rate for survivor probability; the higher its value the
lower the selection pressure imposed by the host on pathogens |
10 |
b |
Reproduction rate; average population growth per reproduction
step |
1.5, 3.5, 5.5, 7.5 |
μ |
Novelty rate per locus, probability of trait state change |
10-6,10-5,10-4,
10-3, 10-2,10-1,
0.0. |
ph |
Optimum Phenotype imposed by the host |
G/2 |
p0 |
Propagule phenotype. It defines the
phenotype distance d0 between propagule and host
in the first generation of the colonization (see Eq.1) |
0<d0<G/20 |
N0 |
Propagule size |
1, 10, 50, 100,
200 |
|
Maximum number of generations that each simulation was run |
1000 |
|
Number of simulation repetitions of a given set of parameters. |
700 |