A branching process model of evolutionary rescue: Code and Data

Data and code associated with:

Azevedo RBR, Olofsson P. A branching process model of evolutionary rescue. Mathematical Biosciences 341. doi: 10.1016/j.mbs.2021.108708

Contents

• rescue_theory.py: Code for performing numerical calculations of probability of rescue, population size, number of beneficial mutations, and waiting time for a beneficial mutation.

• rescue_simulations.py: Code for simulating population dynamics under evolutionary rescue without tracking individual beneficial mutations.

• rescue_mutation_simulations.py: Code for simulating population dynamics under evolutionary rescue while tracking individual beneficial mutations.

• prob_rescue.ipynb: Code to generate Figure 1 showing the effect of different parameter combinations on the probability of rescue from new mutations.

• pop_size.ipynb: Code to generate Figure 2 showing the effect of different parameter combinations on the growth of a rescued population.

• mutations.ipynb: Code to generate Figure 3 showing the effect of different parameter combinations on the waiting time for a rescuing mutation.