EEB 348 - Population Genetics
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Date
 Description
28 Aug Genetic transmission in populations
30 Aug The Hardy-Weinberg principle; estimating allele frequencies
01 Sep Inbreeding and self-fertilization
Problem #1 assigned
04 Sep
Labor Day -- no classes
06 Sep Testing for departure from Hardy-Weinberg proportions
08 Sep The Wahlund effect and Wright's F-statistics
11 Sep The genetic structure of populations: Nei's Gst and Weir & Cockerham's theta
Problem #1 due
13 Sep The genetic structure of populations: a Bayesian approach
15 Sep The genetic structure of populations: individual assignment
Project #1 assigned
18 Sep Two-locus population genetics
20 Sep The genetics of natural selection: introduction
25 Sep Detecting viability selection
Project #1 due
27 Sep Selection at one locus with multiple alleles
29 Sep Genetic drift: the process
Problem #2 assigned
02 Oct Genetic drift: the consequences
04 Oct Genetic drift: more consequences
06 Oct Mutation, migration, and genetic drift
Problem #2 due
09 Oct Genetic drift: the interaction of drift and selection
11 Oct The coalescent: introduction
13 Oct The coalescent: applications
16 Oct Introduction to quantitative genetics: partitioning the genetic variance
Problem #3 assigned
18 Oct Estimating variance components
20 Oct Estimating variance components (continued)
23 Oct Analyzing resemblance among relatives
Problem #3 due
25 Oct Predicting the phenotypic response to selection; Fisher's Fundamental Theorem of Natural Selection
27 Oct Evolutionary quantitative genetics
Problem #4 assigned
30 Oct Mapping quantitative trait loci: principles
01 Nov Mapping quantitative trait loci: software
03 Nov Mapping quantitative trait loci: applications
06 Nov Introduction to molecular population genetics
Problem #4 due
Project #2 assigned
08 Nov The neutral theory of molecular evolution
10 Nov Patterns of nucleotide and amino acid substitution
13 Nov
No class
15 Nov Detecting selection on nucleotide polymorphisms
17 Nov Examples of selection on nucleotide polymorphisms
20 Nov
Thanksgiving recess -- no classes
22 Nov
Thanksgiving recess -- no classes
24 Nov
Thanksgiving recess -- no classes
27 Nov Tajima's D: principles and applications
Project #2 due
Problem #5 assigned
29 Nov Evolution in multigene families
01 Dec Introduction to Analysis of Molecular Variance (AMOVA)
04 Dec Analysis of Molecular Variance (AMOVA)
Problem #5 due
Project #3 assigned
06 Dec Nested clade analysis
08 Dec Nested clade analysis (conclusion); Statistical phylogeography
13 Dec
Project #3 due