Mathematical Genetics
Fall 2017
Dr. Richard Gomulkiewicz
Dr. Stephen Krone


MATHEMATICAL GENETICS COURSE Schedule, Readings, & Homework

FALL 2017

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Lecture
Date
Location
Topics covered
Reading
Homework & Materials
1
Aug. 21

Go to your home institution:

WSU (CUE 407)

UI (TLC 223)

 

  • Organizational Meeting

Gillespie book (1st ed.)

2 Aug. 23 UI (TLC 223) Gomulkiewicz:
  • Mini-intro to selection
  • Fixation probability of favored mutation
Gillespie chapter 1
Intro to Selection Lecture Notes
Kreitman 1983
Harris 1966
3
Aug. 28

WSU (CUE 407)

Gomulkiewicz:

  • Fixation probability of favored mutation
  • Gillespie chapter 1
Gillespie chapter 2
  • 1st ed: §§2.1 - 4
  • 2nd ed: §§2.1 - 5

 

4
Aug. 30
UI (TLC 223)

Gomulkiewicz:

  • Gillespie chapter 1
  • Gillespie chapter 2
Gillespie chapter 3
  • 1st ed: §§3.1 - 8
  • 2nd ed: §§3.1 - 4, 6-7,9 & pp. 200-206
Kimura & Ohta 1971
Greenberg & Crow 1960
 

Sep. 4
  Holiday (Labor Day)  
R Scripts:
Deterministic geometric population growth
Deterministic spread of a mutation
Stochastic population growth
Simulate Wright-Fisher model

 

  Sep. 5 WSU (Abelson 306) 12:00-1:00 Programming in R: Introduction   download R here
  Sep. 6 WSU (Abelson 306) 12:00-1:00 Programming in R: Introduction    
5
Sep. 6 UI (TLC 223)

Gomulkiewicz:

  • Gillespie chapter 2
  • Gillespie chapter 3
  Homework 1

6 Sep. 11
WSU (CUE 407)

Gomulkiewicz:

  • Gillespie chapter 3
 

Gillespie 2nd ed., Chapter 4

7
Sep. 13
UI (TLC 223)

Gomulkiewicz:

  • Gillespie chapter 3
Gillespie 2nd ed., chapter 4  
8 Sep. 18
WSU (CUE 407)

Gomulkiewicz:

  • Gillespie chapter 3 (selection & drift)
  • Gillespie 2nd chapter 4
Gillespie
  • 2nd ed: chapter 5
  • 1st ed: chapter 4
 
9 Sep. 20
UI (TLC 223)

Gomulkiewicz:

  • Gillespie 2nd chapter 4
 
Homework 1 due
Homework 2
10 Sep. 25
WSU (CUE 407)

Gomulkiewicz:

  • Gillespie 2nd chapter 4
  • Gillespie 2nd ch. 5/1st ch. 4
Gillespie
  • 2nd ed: chapter 6
  • 1st ed: chapter 5
Morton, Crow & Muller 1956
 
11 Sep. 27
UI (TLC 223)

Gomulkiewicz:

  • Gillespie 2nd ch. 5/1st ch. 4
 

 

12 Oct. 2 WSU (CUE 407)

Gomulkiewicz:

  • Gillespie 2nd ch. 6/1st ch. 5
   
13 Oct. 4
UI (TLC 223)

Gomulkiewicz:

  • Gillespie 2nd ch. 6/1st ch. 5
 
Homework 2 due
14 Oct. 9
WSU (CUE 407) Krone:  

Coalescent Lecture Notes

suggested reference: Coalescent Theory, An Introduction by John Wakeley

15 Oct. 11
UI (TLC 223) Krone:  
Homework 3
16 Oct. 16
WSU (CUE 407) Krone:    
17 Oct. 18
UI (TLC 223) Krone:    
18 Oct. 23
WSU (CUE 407) Krone:    
19 Oct. 25
UI (TLC 223) Krone:  
Homework 3 due
Homework 4
20 Oct. 30
WSU (CUE 407) Krone:    
21 Nov. 1 UI (TLC 223) Krone:    
22 Nov. 6
WSU (CUE 407) Krone:    
23 Nov. 8
UI (TLC 223) Krone:  
Homework 4 due
24 Nov. 13
WSU (CUE 407) Krone:  
Homework 5
25 Nov. 15 UI (TLC 223) Krone:
 

Nov. 20   Thanksgiving Break
 
  Nov. 22  

Thanksgiving Break


 
26 Nov. 27 WSU (CUE 407)

Student Led Discussions:

  • Joel Nelson, Shawn Trojahn, & Damilola Olabode
  • Tanner Varrelman
  • Kevin Lewallen
 
Background material:
Lewallen
Varrelman
Nelson, Trojahn, Olabode
27 Nov. 29 UI (TLC 223)

Student Led Discussions:

  • Leo Epstein
  • Mariah Eckwright, Evan Martin, & Andew Rankin
  • Nicholas Cowan
 
Background material:
Cowan: Kondrashov article, Gillespie pp. 152-3 & 169-70
Epstein: Beissinger article, Beissinger SI
Eckwright, Martin, & Rankin
28 Dec. 4 WSU (CUE 407)

Student Led Discussions:

  • Allison Fisher, Martyna Lukaszewicz, Heather Clendenin, & Jordan Culp
  • Kelcey McBride
 
Background material:
McBride
Fisher, Lukaszewicz, Clendenin, & Culp: reading 1, reading 2, reading 3,Gillespie section 4.2
29 Dec. 6 UI (TLC 223)

Student Led Discussions:

  • Kelly Christensen & Savannah Kollasch
  • Samuel McCauley & Caylan Kolste
  • Andy Horgan
 
Homework 5 due Background material:
McCauley & Kolste
Christensen & Kollasch
Horgan: reading 1, reading 2