Documentation for SLiM function setMutationType, which is a method of the
SLiM class Mutation.
Note that the R function is a stub, it does not do anything in R (except bring
up this documentation). It will only do
anything useful when used inside a slim_block function further
nested in a slim_script
function call, where it will be translated into valid SLiM code as part of a
full SLiM script.
setMutationType(mutType)An object of type integer or MutationType object. Must be of length 1 (a singleton). See details for description.
An object of type void or void.
Documentation for this function can be found in the official SLiM manual: page 705.
Set the mutation type of the mutation to mutType (which may be specified as either an integer identifier or a MutationType object). This implicitly changes the dominance coefficient of the mutation to that of the new mutation type, since the dominance coefficient is a property of the mutation type. On the other hand, the selection coefficient of the mutation is not changed, since it is a property of the mutation object itself; it can be changed explicitly using the setSelectionCoeff() method if so desired. The mutation type of a mutation is normally a constant in simulations, so be sure you know what you are doing. Changing this will normally affect the fitness values calculated toward the end of the current tick; if you want current fitness values to be affected, you can call the Species method recalculateFitness() - but see the documentation of that method for caveats. In nucleotide-based models, a restriction applies: nucleotide-based mutations may not be changed to a non-nucleotide-based mutation type, and non-nucleotide-based mutations may not be changed to a nucleotide-based mutation type.
This is documentation for a function in the SLiM software, and has been reproduced from the official manual, which can be found here: http://benhaller.com/slim/SLiM_Manual.pdf. This documentation is Copyright © 2016-2020 Philipp Messer. All rights reserved. More information about SLiM can be found on the official website: https://messerlab.org/slim/
Other Mutation:
Mutation,
setSelectionCoeff()