Until 9278.678 generations ago, the Q deme's population was fixed at 7824. From 9278.678 to 8753.0, it underwent a linear change to 9633 individuals. Then, a linear change brought the count to 4624 by 3844.983. Since then, from 3844.983 generations to the current day, the population has grew from 4624 to 5999 at a exponential rate.
time_units: generations
demes:
  - name: Q
    start_time: .inf
    epochs:
      - start_size: 7824
        end_time: 9278.678
      - start_size: 7824
        end_size: 9633
        end_time: 8753.0
        size_function: linear
      - start_size: 9633
        end_time: 3844.983
        end_size: 4624
        size_function: linear
      - end_time: 0
        start_size: 4624
        end_size: 5999
        size_function: exponential