Invited Speakers: Gerard te Meerman, MD,
Associate Professor in Statistical Genetics,
Department of Medical Genetics,
University of Groningen, NL
Program:
- Basic population genetics, mathematical aspects
- Genetic drift
- Selection
- Variances and frequencies of mutant alleles in relation to growth history (experiment with some simulation programs)
- Phylogenetic trees
- Splitting and merging of populations
- Information from chromosomal DNA about IBD status: the relation between length of shared DNA and coalescence
- Information from mithochondrial DNA
Registration :
The course will be limited to 20 participants. The deadline for receipt of applications will be
15 January 1998, and applicants, successful and unsuccessful, will be informed by 31 January 1998.
Deadline for Abstracts: 15 January 1998
Email for Requests and Registration: gcarla@nick.unipv.it