Welcome to tsdate#
This is the documentation for tsdate, a method for efficiently inferring the age of ancestors in a genetic genealogy or “ARG”.
Basic usage is as simple as running the following python command
import tsdate
output_ts = tsdate.date(input_ts, mutation_rate=1e-8)
The rest of this documentation is organised into the following sections:
Source code#
Tsdate is open source software released under the liberal MIT licence. The code is freely available on GitHub. Bug reports and suggestions for improvements can be made by opening an issue on that repository: we suggest also checking the discussions list. Pull requests are welcome: we largely follow the tskit development workflow.
Citing#
To cite tsdate, please consult the citation manual at: https://tskit.dev/tsdate/docs/stable/citation