MMPG09

Molecular Markers and Population Genetics

Course Timetable
MMPG09 Molecular Markers and Population Genetics
Mon, December 14th Summarising Genetic Diversity
Day #1
09:30 - 11:00 Back to basics: Measures of genetic diversity.

11:00 - 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 - 12:30 Practical Introduction to Arlequin and Genetix.
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 - 16:00 Practical Introduction to the R statistical language
16:00 - 16:30 Tea Break
16:30 - 18:00 Practical application of R: simple simulations of genetic drift
Tue, December 15th Population Structure and Assignment
Day #2
09:30 - 11:00 Introduction to assignment and to Structure.
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 - 12:30 Practicals: use of Structure and Geneclass2 (I)
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 - 16:00 Practicals: use of Structure and Geneclass2 (II)
16:00 - 16:30 Tea Break
16:30 - 18:00 Discussion and Summary of the first two days
Wed, December 16th The Coalescent and Principles of Population Genetics Inference
Day #3
09:30 - 11:00 Introduction to the coalescent and to simulations using ms and Gms.
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 - 12:30 Practicals: MCMC and ABC with examples using R and ms (I)
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 - 16:00 Practicals: MCMC and ABC with examples using R and ms (II)
16:00 - 16:30 Tea Break
16:30 - 18:00 Practicals: MCMC and ABC with examples using R and ms (III)
Thu, December 17th Inferring demographic history
Day #4
09:30 - 11:00 Practicals: use of Bottleneck and Msvar
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 - 12:30 Practicals: use of Bottleneck and Msvar
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 - 16:00 Practicals: use of IM
16:00 - 16:30 Tea Break
16:30 - 18:00 Practicals: use of LEA
Fri, December 18th Detecting Selection
Day #5
09:30 - 11:00 Practicals: use of Fdist
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 - 12:30 Practicals: use of BayesFST
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 - 16:00 Final Discussion / Course Wrap Up
16:00 - 16:30 Tea Break
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Last updated:   May 4th 2009