Empty Egg Batch Slot for EggQ

This function is a low-level utility to generate a null placeholder value for an egg batch in EggQ. It is called by allocEggQ and extendEggQ.

newEgg(N = 0L, tOviposit = 0L, damID = 0L, sireID = 0L,
  genotype = NULL)

Arguments

N

number of eggs in this batch
tOviposit

time of oviposition
damID

ID of mother
sireID

ID of father
genotype

placeholder

Value

a named list

Structure

  • N number of emerging adults

  • tOviposit time of oviposition

  • damID ID of mother

  • sireID ID of father

  • genotype integer genotype identifier

Examples

newEgg()
#> $N
#> [1] 0
#> 
#> $tOviposit
#> [1] 0
#> 
#> $damID
#> [1] 0
#> 
#> $sireID
#> [1] 0
#> 
#> $genotype
#> NULL
#>