Monthly Archives: February 2015

Figures of Incomplete Lineage Sorting

Posted on February 11, 2015 by cooplab

I find figures really useful for explaining concepts like drift, differentiation, and incomplete lineage sorting. However, I often find textbook figures are not super helpful (although the Tree thinking book by Smith and Baum is good for this). So for … Continue reading →

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Figures of Genetic Drift

Posted on February 11, 2015 by cooplab

Figures are really useful for explaining concepts like drift, however, I often find textbook figures are not super helpful. Pictures of hands reaching into jam jars of beans etc are useful metaphors but don’t really depict the process of transmission … Continue reading →

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Lab trip to 23 & me

Posted on February 9, 2015 by cooplab

We took a trip down to visit 23 & me’s research group. Graham gave a talk on Alisa and Gideon’s work. Thanks to Kasia Bryc for the invitation. Vince, Graham, Gideon, Alisa, Kristin, Chenling and Ivan (Simon and Jeremy not … Continue reading →

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