Introduction to Population Genetics (BIOL 519/FOR 511/GENE 505)
Fall, 2006
Dr. Richard Gomulkiewicz

BIOL 519/FOR 511/GENE 505 COURSE SCHEDULE

FALL 2006

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Lecture
Date
Topics covered
Outline pages
Materials
1
 Aug. 22
  • Introduction/Hardy-Weinberg world
I-1 to I-2
2
 Aug. 24
  • Haploid & Diploid Hardy-Weinberg
 I-2 to I-5
3
 Aug. 29
  • Sex differences
  • Sex linkage
  • Multiple loci
I-5 to I-8
4
 Aug. 31
  • Linkage disequilibrium
 I-8 to I-10
5
 Sep. 5
  • Linkage disequilibrium
  • Estimation & Hypothesis testing
 I-11 to I-14
6
 Sep. 7
  • Estimation & Hypothesis testing
  • Mini-discussion 1: Hedrick pp. 97-110 & problem #12, p. 112
 I-14 to I-16
7
 Sep. 12
  • Non-random mating
  • Wahlund effect
  • Inbreeding
II-1 to II-4
8
 Sep. 14
  • Inbreeding
  • F statistics
  • Homework Set #1 Due
 II-4 to II-7
9
 Sep. 19
  • F statistics
  • Finite population size
 II-7 to II-11
10
 Sep. 21
  • Random genetic drift
 II-11 to II-13
11 Sep. 26
  • Drift
  • Effective Population Size
  • Bottlenecks
 II-13 to II-17
12
 Sep. 28
 Class Canceled (sorry!)
13
 Oct. 3
  • Mutation
  • Mutation & Drift
III-1 to III-5
14
 Oct. 5
  • Mutation & Drift
  • Mini-discussion 2: Hedrick pp. 318-349 & problems #6, 7, 8 on p. 355
 III-5 to 6
15
 Oct. 10
  • The coalescent
 III-7 to 10
16
 Oct. 12
  • Introduction to selection
  • Homework set #2 Due
 IV-1 to IV-3
17
 Oct. 17
  • Diploid one-locus selection
IV-4 to IV-7
18
 Oct. 19
  • Over & underdominance
  • Simulating selection
 IV-8 to IV-12 and IV-18 to IV-21
19
 Oct. 24
  • Wright's Adaptive Topography
  • Fisher's Fundamental Theorem of Natural Selection
 IV-13 to IV-17
20
 Oct. 26
  • Mutation & Selection
  • Mutation Load
 IV-22 to IV-24
21
 Oct. 31
  • Selection and drift
 IV-25 to IV-27
22
 Nov. 2
  • Migration and evolution
  • Migration and drift
  • Mini-discussion 3: Hedrick pp. 407-452 and Problems #1, 4, & 9 on p. 467
 V-1 to V-4
23
 Nov. 7
  • Migration and selection
 V-4 to V-7
24 Nov. 9
  • Migration and selection
  • Homework Set #3 Due
25
 Nov. 14
  • A taste of population and quantitative genetics

26
 Nov. 16
  • Population and quantitative genetics: an aftertaste
  • Mini-discussion 4: Hedrick pp. 567-585 and Problems #13 & 15 on pp. 594-5.
PRESENTATIONS:
  1. Kara Gebhardt & Stacey Dunn (15 min.) 


27
 Nov. 28
PRESENTATIONS:

  1. Heather Lynn Lindon, Emily Gardner, & Jane Stewart (25 min.)
  2. Ashfaq Sial, Fatimah Alhamlan, & Catherine Patricolo (25 min.)
  3. Chad Brock, Hugo Alamillo, & Barb Banbury (25 min.)
28
 Nov. 30
PRESENTATIONS:
  1. Hongyan Sheng, Arron Carter, Julia Piaskowski, & Julie Dawson (30 min.)
  2. Jeremy Yoder & Virginie Poullain (15 min.)
  3. Benji Oswald & Mary Oswald (15 min.)
  4. Judy Morgan & Gabe Colbeck (15 min.)
29
 Dec. 5
PRESENTATIONS:
  1. Tito Wibowo, Dan Mistak, Kyle Martin, & Justin Teisberg (30 min.)
  2. Tom Thompson & Niko Balkenhol (15 min.)
  3. Josh Brokaw & Erica Kistner (15 min.)
  4. Garret McKinney & Meredith Schulte (15 min.)
30
 Dec. 7
  • Homework Set #4 Due

PRESENTATIONS:
  1. Amie-June Brumble & Jess Hoisington (15 min.)
  2. Dana Weigel & Kerey Barnowe-Meyer (15 min.)
  3. Steve Spear, Jon Eastman, Jenn Stewart, & Karen Benyo (30 min.)
  4. Katie Van Horne & Marcie Logsdon (15 min.)

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