Course website for EEB 5348, Population Genetics, at the University of Connecticut

Lecture schedule

Date		Description
27	Aug	Course overview; Genetic transmission in populations
29	Aug	Hardy-Weinberg and principles of statistical estimation
31	Aug	Inbreeding and self-fertilization
03	Sep	Labor Day -- no class
05	Sep	Testing Hardy-Weinberg
07	Sep	F-statistics: an introduction Problem #1 assigned (smaller)
10	Sep	Analyzing the genetic structure of populations
12	Sep	Bayesian F-statistics
14	Sep	Population structure -- individual assignment Problem #1 due Problem #2 assigned (larger)
17	Sep	The genetics of natural selection
19	Sep	The genetics of natural selection (continued)
21	Sep	Estimating viability
24	Sep	More complicated forms of natural selection
26	Sep	Genetic drift -- basic properties
28	Sep	Genetic drift -- effective population size Problem #2 due Problem #3 assigned (smaller)
01	Oct	Mutation, migration, and drift
03	Oct	Selection and drift
05	Oct	The coalescent Problem #3 due
08	Oct	Quantitative genetics -- introduction
10	Oct	Quantitiative genetics -- gory details
12	Oct	Resemblance among relatives Project #4 assigned (larger)
15	Oct	Evolution of quantitative traits
17	Oct	Evolution of multivariate quantitative traits
19	Oct	Mapping quantitative trait loci -- principles
22	Oct	Mapping quantitative trait loci -- R/qtl
24	Oct	Genome-wide association mapping -- principles
26	Oct	Genome-wide association mapping -- BAMD
29	Oct	Class cancelled -- Sandy comes on shore
31	Oct	Molecular population genetics -- introduction Project #4 due Project #5 assigned (larger)
02	Nov	Patterns of nucleotide and amino acid substitution
05	Nov	Detecting selection on nucleotide polymorphisms
07	Nov	Patterns of selection on nucleotide polymorphisms
09	Nov	Tajima's D and related statistics
12	Nov	Analysis of Molecular Variance (AMOVA)
14	Nov	Nested clade analysis Problem #5 due Problem #6 assigned (smaller)
16	Nov	Statistical phylogeography
19	Nov	Thanksgiving break -- no lectures
21	Nov	Thanksgiving break -- no lectures
23	Nov	Thanksgiving break -- no lectures
26	Nov	Coalescent inference -- Migrate and IMa2
28	Nov	Approximate Bayesian Computation Problem #6 due Problem #7 assigned (larger)
30	Nov	Study session for Problem #7
03	Dec	Population genomics
05	Dec	Genome architecture -- Beth
07	Dec	Study session for Problem #7
12	Dec	Problem #7 due