Basics of Evolutionary Genomics

With those notes, you will understand how we get from genotype to phenotype, the role of mutation and variation (types of mutation, Mendelian evolution) and the patterns of variation (natural selection, kinds of variation, how variation is measured).

Through a quantitative description of the dynamics of genetic variation within and between populations, population genetics has established both a descriptive and predictive understanding of how DNA, proteins, and genomes should differ among individuals. Here you will find in depth information on: ...

Linkage Disequilibrium is the measure of the association between alleles on a chromosome. It’s the fundamental unit of observation for association mapping. Those notes explain the phenomenon of Linkage, Linked Selection and Genetic Hitchhiking and Genetic Draft.

We know speciation does happen but it’s an historical phenomenon so it is difficult to observe. We must rely on strong rigorous inference to understand speciation. It requires an interpretation of what has gone on in the past. Here we analyze the allopatric model, Mayr’s model of Peripatric spe...

In those notes you will get in depth information about molecular methods used to trace evolution (molecular markers, molecular phenotypes, genomic evolution), sequence evolution, the use of synonymous and non-synonymous sites, molecular clock, adaptive evolution, selection on codon usage. It also go...

Three main topics when it comes to Evolutionary Biology. In those notes, you will fin information about mutation and evolution, mutation-selection balance, migration and gene flow, migration and selection. It includes mathematical formulas to explain the different models.

Natural selection is the primary organizing principle in evolution. In those notes, you will find information with examples on the different kinds of adaptations, fitness, drift etc.

Those notes guide you through the subjects of natural selection, the basic model of viability selection, relative fitness and the different types of selection.

The subjects discussed are: sources of variation, genetic variation, variation within a population, polygenes, population divergence, the species and higher taxa levels. A lot of definitions, examples and in depth explanations for a clear understanding of population genetics.