Default behaviours

Default behaviours#

This page will list the default behaviours of the program before setting advanced options and some of the key model assumptions. Descriptions of the input parameters can be found in the InputParams documentation.

Gene drive inheritance#

  • 6 genotypes (in this order) for every mosquito type: WW, WD, DD, DR, WR and RR composed of a wild-type allele (W), a drive-type allele (D) and a resistant-type allele (R).

  • Non-functional resistance

See also

Tutorial 3.2 Model introduction: Gene drive

Model introduction on gene drive

Simulation::set_inheritance()

Method documentation

Gene drive release#

  • Only adult drive-heterozygous (WD) male mosquitoes will be released.

  • Mosquitoes will be released at every selected release site for each release time.

  • By default, there will only be one release time at driver_start.

See also

Tutorial 3.2 Model introduction: Gene drive

Model introduction on gene drive

RandomGDRelease

Class documentation

Patch coordinates#

  • Continuous and randomly generated for x and y in the ranges [0, side_x] and [0, side_y] respectively, where by default side_x = side_y = 1.

Dispersal#

  • Distance-kernel dispersal

    • No dispersal mortality

    • All neighbouring patches within max_disp distance are connected to the focal patch

    • Mosquitoes disperse to every connected patch

See also

Tutorial 6. Setting the dispersal type

Model introduction on dispersal

DistanceKernelDispersal

Class documentation

Advanced options

User guide page on Advanced model options. Details the differences between available dispersal types.

Boundary type#

  • Toroid

Toroidal (or otherwise called periodic) boundary conditions are applied to all edges of the rectangular model area by default.

See also

Tutorial 4. Setting the boundary type

Model introduction on boundary types

ToroidalBoundaryStrategy

Class documentation

Advanced options

User guide page on Advanced model options. Details the differences between available boundary types.

Seasonality#

  • If alpha1 is zero, no rainfall contribution will be applied, i.e. no seasonality.

  • If alpha1 and amp are non-zero, default rainfall contribution to the carrying capacity will be applied, modelled as a sine wave (equations in Tutorial 7.1 Model Introduction: Seasonality).

See also

Tutorial 7.1 Model Introduction: Seasonality

Model introduction on seasonality

SineRainfall

Class documentation

Aestivation#

  • Only applied if psi is non-zero.

See also

Aestivation

Class documentation

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