EEB 5348 -- Population Genetics
Course website for EEB 5348, Population Genetics, at the University of Connecticut
Overview
Schedule
Readings
Resources
Notes
Archives
Concept map
Videos
Search
Lecture schedule
Date
Description
30
Aug
Course overview; Genetic transmission in populations
01
Sep
Hardy-Weinberg and principles of statistical estimation
03
Sep
Inbreeding and self-fertilization
06
Sep
Labor Day -- no class
08
Sep
Testing Hardy-Weinberg
Problem #1 assigned (smaller)
10
Sep
F
-statistics -- an introduction
13
Sep
Analyzing the genetic structure of populations
15
Sep
Bayesian
F
-statistics
Problem #2 assigned (larger)
17
Sep
No lecture
Problem #1 due
20
Sep
Population structure -- individual assignment
22
Sep
The genetics of natural selection
24
Sep
The genetics of natural selection (continued)
27
Sep
Estimating viability
29
Sep
More complicated forms of natural selection
Problem #2 due
Problem #3 assigned (smaller)
01
Oct
Genetic drift -- basic properties
04
Oct
Genetic drift -- effective population size
06
Oct
Mutation, migration, and drift
08
Oct
Selection and drift
11
Oct
The coalescent
Problem #3 due
13
Oct
Quantitative genetics -- introduction
15
Oct
No lecture
18
Oct
Quantitative genetics -- gory details
Problem #4 assigned (larger)
20
Oct
Resemblance among relatives
22
Oct
Evolution of quantitative traits
25
Oct
Multivariate quantitative trait evolution
27
Oct
Mapping quantitative trait loci -- principles
29
Oct
Mapping quantitative trait loci -- QTL Cartographer
Problem #4 due
01
Nov
Genome-wide association mapping -- principles
03
Nov
Genome-wide association mapping -- BAMD
Problem #5 assigned (larger)
05
Nov
No lecture
08
Nov
Molecular population genetics -- Introduction
10
Nov
The neutral theory of molecular evolution
12
Nov
Patterns of nucleotide and amino acid substitution
15
Nov
Detecting selection on nucleotide polymorphisms
17
Nov
Patterns of selection on nucleotide polymorphisms
19
Nov
Tajima's D and related statistics
Problem #5 due
Problem #6 assigned (smaller)
22
Nov
Thanksgiving recess -- no class
24
Nov
Thanksgiving recess -- no class
26
Nov
Thanksgiving recess -- no class
29
Nov
Analysis of Molecular Variance (AMOVA)
01
Dec
Nested clade analysis (NCA)
03
Dec
Statistical phylogeography
06
Dec
Coalescent inference -- Migrate
Problem #6 due
Problem #7 assigned (larger)
08
Dec
Approximate Bayesian computation
10
Dec
Next generation population genetics and phylogeography
15
Dec
Problem #7 due
EEB 5348 -- Population Genetics