PopGenTheory

What is this discussion group about?

• Centered on Population Genetics and Evolutionary Genetics Theory
• Focused on reading classic literature, understanding modern tools and their applications, and interpretating results

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Schedule

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May 25, 2016

Material: Molecular Evolution and Phylogenetics: Ch 12

Authors: Masatoshi Nei and Sudhir Kumar

Tools: Richard Hudson's MS

Discussion leader:

• Colin: Section 12.1 & 12.2
• Li: Section 12.3 & 12.4, Hudson's MS program
• Chaochih: Section 12.5, Hudson's MS program
• Shawn: Section 12.6

Supplemental Reading:

• Nielson (2005) Molecular Signatures of Natural Selection
• Holsinger & Weir (2009) Genetics in geographically structured populations: defining, estimating and interpreting FST
• Fumio Tajima (1989) Statistical Method for Testing the Neutral Mutation Hypothesis by DNA Polymorphism
• McDonald & Kreitman (1991) Adaptive protein evolution at the Adh locus is Drosophila

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