PGDH15
Population Genetics and Demographic History: model-based approachesTimetable (provisional) |
PGDH15 | Population Genetics and Demographic History: model-based approaches |
Mon, July 6th |
The Basics of Inference in Population Genetics - Day #1
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09:30 - 11:00 |
Introduction. Basics of coalescent theory; method of moments estimation. |
11:00 - 11:30 | Coffee Break |
11:30 - 12:30 | More genealogical modeling: likelihoods and Bayesian Inference. |
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 | Coalescent simulations using ms and SPAms (I). |
Tue, july 7th |
Population Structure and Assignment - Day#2
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09:30 - 11:00 |
Morning Wrap-up (what have we done so far?)
Coalescent simulations using ms and SPAms (II). |
11:00 - 11:30 | Coffee Break |
11:30 - 12:30 | Introduction to assignment and to Structure and related software |
12:30 - 14:00 | Lunch Break |
14:00 - 16:00 | Practicals: use of Structure and related software(I). |
16:00 - 16:30 | Tea Break |
16:30 - 18:00 |
Practicals: use of Structure and related software(II). Discussion and Summary of the first two days. |
Wed, July 8th |
Genealogical modeling in depth - Day#3
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09:30 - 11:00 |
Morning Wrap-up (what have we done so far?)
ABC (Approximate Bayesian Computation) in pop genetics and pop genomics. |
11:00 - 11:30 | Coffee Break |
11:30 - 12:30 | Practicals: ABC with examples using R and ms (I). |
12:30 - 14:00 | Lunch Break |
14:00 - 16:00 | Practicals: ABC with examples using R and ms (II). |
16:00 - 16:30 | Tea Break |
16:30 - 18:00 | Practicals: ABC with examples using R and ms (III). |
Thu, July 9th |
Demographic history and selection with genomic data - Day#4
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09:30 - 11:00 |
Morning Wrap-up (what have we done so far?)
Practicals: Detecting selection with Rehh (I). |
11:00 - 11:30 | Coffee Break |
11:30 - 12:30 | Practicals: Detecting selection with Rehh (II). |
12:30 - 14:00 | Lunch Break |
14:00 - 16:00 | Practicals: Demographic history wth the PSMC (I). |
16:00 - 16:30 | Tea Break |
16:30 - 18:00 |
Practicals: Demographic history with the PSMC (II).
Final discussion. Course wrap-up session. |
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