Quantitative Approaches to Population Genetics

Catalog description

This course covers the latest development and cutting-edge research topics in population genetics, aiming to enable students to perform research in population genetics. The first part will cover coalescent theory and inference involving complex demography. The second part will discuss natural selection and methods for inferring selection. We will allude to the complexity of demographic history and natural selection and their importance in explaining genomic patterns. The third part will introduce new data types and the challenges and opportunities with these data. We will dive into genotype likelihood and will emphasize the importance of simulation in population genetics. The course will be mostly delivered through lecturing, each interspersed with short conversations about reading assignments. Coursework involves reading literature, solving problem sets, and a course project.