Mixtum

Container image for Mixtum, a Python tool for two-way admixture analysis in population genetics based on f-statistics.

Upstream

• Repository: https://github.com/jmcastelo/mixtum
• Paper: Castelo JM, Oteo JA, Oteo-Garcia G. Mixtum: a graphical tool for two-way admixture analysis in population genetics based on f-statistics. Bioinformatics. 2026. doi:10.1093/bioinformatics/btag123

Image

docker pull picotainers/mixtum:latest

Usage

Show help:

docker run --rm picotainers/mixtum:latest --help

Run the command-line workflow with mounted input and output directories:

docker run --rm \
  -v "$PWD/input:/data/input" \
  -v "$PWD/output:/data/output" \
  picotainers/mixtum:latest \
  --geno /data/input/example.geno \
  --ind /data/input/example.ind \
  --snp /data/input/example.snp \
  --pops /data/input/selected_pops.dat \
  --outdir /data/output

Notes

• This image targets the Mixtum command-line interface at mixtum.py.
• The upstream project also ships a Qt GUI, but this container is intended for batch and CLI use.
• Mixtum expects EIGENSTRAT or PACKEDANCESTRYMAP inputs as described in the upstream documentation.