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Genomics of Environmental Adaptation
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Abstract
This five-day winter school aims at teaching advanced Master students, PhD students and postdoctoral researchers on aspects of the genomics of environmental adaptation. It provides both theoretical background and hands-on exercises on major topics of contemporary environmental genomics such as signatures of selection, outlier analysis, environmental association analysis or GWAS.
Objective
Genomics of environmental adaptation is an evolving scientific field of both basic and applied interest. Researchers make increasing use of diverse methodological approaches built on concepts from ecology, evolutionary biology and population genomics. This winter school introduces students to some major concepts and methods of environmental genomics, i.e., (i) how the environment and adaptive genetic variation relate and (ii) how signatures of genomic adaptation can be detected in natural populations. The winter school focuses on currently used methods and hands-on exercises, emphasizing an understanding of the underlying concepts and a discussion of benefits, limitations and pitfalls of environmental genomics. It is specifically aimed at the needs of advanced Master students, PhD students and early postdoctoral researchers.
Content
Topics: (1) Neutral and adaptive genetic variation, neutral genetic structure; genomic markers and next generation sequencing techniques. (2) Outlier analysis: concept and methodology of outlier analysis; diverse types of outlier analyses (3) Environmental data: which environmental data are available and used to identify signatures of adaptation; data limitations; collinearity. (4) Environmental association analysis (landscape genomics): concept and types of environmental association analysis; genomic offset. (5) Genotypes and phenotypes: GWAS; follow-up analyses
Resources
Lecture Notes
Hand-outs will be distributed.
Literature
The course requires 4 hours of preparatory reading of selected papers on the genomics of environmental adaptation. The papers will be distributed by e-mail.
General Information
- Language
- English
- Levels
- DR , MSC
- Frequency
- Yearly recurring
Examination
- Type
- graded semester performance
Registration & Places
- Max Places
- 14
Course Components
| Type | Title | Time & Place | Hours |
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| lecture with exercise |
Genomics of Environmental Adaptation
Blockkurs
Zeit: 09.15-17.00
Ort: WSL, EP D01
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40 h semesterly |
Offered In
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Doctorate Environmental Sciences (More Information at: )
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