Population genomics; Introduction to quantitative genetics

We will conclude our brief survey of molecular population genetics with a very brief overview of some of the additional complexities associated with analysis of high-throughput sequencing data that we haven't paid attention to. I will mention three approaches that are still widely used: RAD-seq, GBS, and low-coverage whole genome sequencinng. We won't discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the different approaches, I'll focus on two things:

  1. The additional insight possible because of the large amount of fine-scale data that are available.
  2. The additional care necessary in dealing with the data since sequencing error rates are higher.
This is the last lecture covering the second block of material in the course. The final block, quantitative genetics, started midway through Tuesday's lecture.

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