Welcome to the Statistical Genetics Seminar! (Winter 2023 [advanced])

Fridays at 9:30 AM PST in HRC 370 and Zoom, hosted by Seth D. Temple, sdtemple@uw.edu

This winter term the StatGen seminar focus is on coalescent theory and applications of the coalescent to population genetics and phylogenetics. We will study mathematics and statistics on tree structures as they relate to genetics research. More advanced discussion on the theory and statistical methodology of the coalescent will be hosted in conjuction by Seth D. Temple (sdtemple at uw dot edu) as a part of the informal Browning Lab journal club.

Recurring Zoom link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/91562221077.

If HRC 370 is not available, we will move to another conference room on the north end of the 3rd floor. Look for this person if you're new.

Week 4 - January 27

PAPER: Kingman, J. F. C. 1982. “The Coalescent.” Stochastic Processes and Their Applications 13 (3): 235–48.

Week 5 - February 3

PAPER: Kingman, J. F. C. 1982. “On the Genealogy of Large Populations.” Journal of Applied Probability 19 (A): 27–43.

Week 7 - February 17

PAPER: Watterson, G. A. 1984. “Lines of Descent and the Coalescent.” Theoretical Population Biology 26 (1): 77–92.

Week 9 - March 3

PAPER: Mashayekhi, Somayeh, and Peter Beerli. 2019. “Fractional Coalescent.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 116 (13): 6244–49.

Week 11 - March 17

PAPER: Tavaré, S., D. J. Balding, R. C. Griffiths, and P. Donnelly. 1997. “Inferring Coalescence Times from DNA Sequence Data.” Genetics 145 (2): 505–18.

The following articles are suggested by Ailene MacPherson in her March sessions on the coalescent. These are shared via Paperpile.