EVOL43200. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACHES IN QUANTITATIVE ECOLOGICAL GENETICS
J. Borevitz QuantEcoGen web site
Wednesday’s 3-5pm (Lillie room)
This course will consist of selected readings followed by experimental design and analysis of actual or simulated data sets. Topics include the Extended Phenotype (Community and Ecosystem heritability), cellular genomic/expression phenotype, conservation and landscape genetics, and Quantitative Trait Locus mapping in different environments via linkage and association, and community population genetics (overdispersion vs co-diversification). Analysis will utilize R, including bioconductor and other stats packages. Expect to generate and/or modify your own scripts and ideally analyze your own data sets if you work in the general area.
Dates
Jan 9th, Organizational
Jan 16th QTL mapping GxE (Eric)
Jan 23rd QTL mapping GxE (Natasha, Matute, Jack)
Jan 30th Microarray Expression Variation (Andy, Ron, Xu, Cecilia)
Feb 6th Microarray Expression Variation (Andy, Ron, Xu, Cecilia)
Feb 13th Behavior Genetics (Abe Palmer, Liz, Andy)
Feb 20th Mid course review and ski path (Justin Borevitz)
Feb 27th Landscape Genetics (Lucinda, David, Geoff)
March 5th (guest lecture James Forester on spatial variation and genetics)
March 12th postponed till next week
March 19th Population Community Structure (Sarah, Geoff) Metagenomics (Patrick, Aaron)
Our initial Potential topic list
Metagenomics and community dynamics
Landscape genetics/ecology (gis mapping, & Google Earth!)
Ecological genomics (arrays is the field)
QTL mapping of adaptive variation (Adaptive Radiations)
Association mapping (population structure/ admixture)
Behavioral genetics (movements/ migration GPS tracking)
Chrono series/ ecological succession
Other ideas/notes...
Extended phenotype, community genetics, ecosystems genetics.
overdispersion/ecological filtration.
QTL mapping, GxE
Li et al 2007, Karl Broman's text
GIS (Global Information System) spatial mapping.
Google Earth text
Microarray
SNP genotyping
expression differences..
