PGDH15

Population Genetics and Demographic History: model-based approaches

Timetable (provisional)
PGDH15 Population Genetics and Demographic History: model-based approaches
Mon, July 6th
The Basics of Inference in Population Genetics - Day #1
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
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
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
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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Last updated:   June 2nd 2015