New bgchm R package for genomic cline analysis

We have released a R package for Bayesian analyses of population genomic data from hybrid zones, including Bayesian genomic cline analysis, estimation of hybrid indexes and ancestry class proportions, some geographic cline analyses, and accessory plotting functions. This package using Hamiltonian Monte Carlo (HMC) for sampling posterior distributions, with HMC sampling implemented via Stan.

The R package is available for installation from GitHub here.

A preprint describing the models and software is available from bioRxiv here.

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