ABSTRACT
One can use NEWGARDEN to analyze the effect of changing initial input conditions for a set of user-specifi ed founders on population growth rates, loss of unique alleles, changes in observed and expected heterozygosity, and F in a population that develops from those founders under the specifi ed conditions (the output statistics are discussed in more detail below). Examples of input fi les, or sections of input fi les, with options for different initial conditions (e.g., number of founders, position of founders, number of alleles specifi ed for a specifi ed number of loci) and different continuing conditions (e.g., rates of selfi ng, age-specifi c mortality, distance of male gamete dispersal) are given below in the text and in appendices. It is recommended that readers print one of the sample input trials provided in the appendices so that they can compare the printed fi le to the description of fi le sections given below. To become familiar with using the program and interpreting output, users can clip out portions of these appendix fi les and paste chosen input specifi cations into the input fi les they are constructing. In the following sections, the conditions that can be changed in the input fi le for an initial founding population are reviewed.
