Nemo v2.4.2 released

[Frederic Guillaume]

Hi there!

Nemo 2.4 has been released on May 22nd and has seen a few updates already.

The latest version 2.4.2 is a MAJOR BUG FIX release. It is recommended to upgrade from 2.4.0 and 2.4.1. See the CHANGELOG

We have also changed the distribution, slowly moving away from SourceForge.

• Main git repository: https://bitbucket.org/ecoevo/nemo-release (authoritative from now on)
• Mirrored repo on GitHub: https://github.com/ecoevocode/nemo-release
• Anaconda package: https://anaconda.org/channels/ecoevo/packages/nemo/
• There is a Bioconda package as well, but updates are slow there, prefer the `ecoevo` conda channel on anaconda.org for the latest release.
• The legacy SourceForge website still exists: https://nemo2.sourceforge.io/

You can now install nemo binaries with `conda' for linux (Intel/AMD) and macOS-arm:

$ conda install ecoevo::nemo

> See the installation instructions .

Report and discuss issues on: https://groups.google.com/g/nemo-simul

WHAT'S NEW IN NEMO 2.4 ?

A few bullets from the CHANGELOG:

• general performance improvements for for all traits that accept , 
  di-allelic loci (quanti, ntrl, delet, and dmi) thanks to bitstring encoding
• performance improvements of recombination on the genetic map
       particularly for the bitstring-encoded loci
• epistatic model for quantitative trait loci (multi-linear model)
• sparse epistatic network specification via quanti_epistatic_network
• liability trait for the quantitative trait(s) with plasticity and
       multiple thresholds, sygmoid response (evolving)
• phenotypic plasticity for the quantitative trait(s) (evolving)
• variable pleiotropy of quantitative trait loci; multiple traits can
       be modelled with or without pleiotropy, pleiotropy can vary among loci,
       allows for modular genotype-phenotype maps
• linear, disruptive, and truncation selection on quantitative traits 
• genotyper and population sampler to save genotype file with markers
       from multiple traits, filetered by MAF, in sampled individuals
• PLINK file output for di-allelic loci, pooled in a single file for all traits via 
      the genotyper

Improvements for parameter encoding and macros :

• linked-sequential parameters with values specified as [v1 v2 v3] will be
       substituted in sync with each other; handled together in filename count
• comma-separated form for parameter substitution sets in filenames,
       syntax: `%'[a,bbbb,cc,ddd]'N` for Nth sequential parameter
• new macro P() to Preserve macro expansion. Expansion in postponed
       until the random seed is set from user's input. Relevant for  
       reproducibility when setting values from random distributions
       (e.g., rnorm(), rexp(), etc.) with a fixed random_seed parameter.
• new macros: sample(), sort(), round(), ceiling(), floor(), acting
       on lists of numerical argument values