I would like to make a preemptive defensive comment on the new population genetics module. 
I am, for now, the sole author of the code that is there (although, in future versions there will be at least code from another person. By the way, if YOU want to participate, your 100% welcome). Although the code is mine there was a lot of help from Peter Cock, one of Biopython’s core developers. Without him, this initial groundwork would not have been possible.
Now for the preemptive defense :
If you look at the module, it has very little functionality included. This is a very deliberate strategy to start small and grow slowly. I am expecting for some feedback (which will be very little, I am sure). I want to grow in small steps, including as much feedback as possible. Test code and documentation have to exist before releasing anything to the public.
In the pipeline there is code for coalescent simulation, statistics (including code supplied by Ralph Haygood, that I am joining with my own) and HapMap. If you are interested in early access to any of this code, please give me a shout as most of it already exists. Alpha testers are more than welcome .
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