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New release of “Population and Quantitative Genetics” book

Posted on January 27, 2020 by

The second release version of “Population and Quantitative Genetics”. All of the latex, figures, etc are released under a CC-BY 3.0 licence. All of the figures have their attribution and code is provided for all of the figures produced for … Continue reading →

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Polygenic scores and tea drinking

Posted on March 14, 2018 by

Debates over the contribution of genetics to differences among populations have a long and contentious history. We have known for a long time that nearly all traits are partially heritable, meaning that genetic differences are associated with differences in phenotypes … Continue reading →

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Genomics of Isolation by distance in Florida Scrub Jays

Posted on September 1, 2017 by

Stepfanie Aguillon and Nancy Chen‘s paper on combining genomics and genealogy to study isolation by distance is out in PLOS Genetics.

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In defense of Science

Posted on January 26, 2017 by

In Defense of Science   We are deeply concerned by the Trump administration’s move to gag scientists working at various governmental agencies. The US government employs scientists working on medicine, public health, agriculture, energy, space, clean water and air, weather, … Continue reading →

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A Genealogical Look at Shared Ancestry on the X Chromosome

Posted on July 2, 2016 by

Congratulations to Vince on the publication of his paper “A Genealogical Look at Shared Ancestry on the X Chromosome”, which has been published in Genetics . In this paper, in collaboration with Steve Mount and myself, he explores how the … Continue reading →

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Coopons at Evolution 2016 Austin

Posted on June 15, 2016 by

Kristin Lee Mutation, migration, standing variation: the where and how of convergent adaptation Sat. 2:45, Ballroom B, SSE Hamilton Award Symposium 3 Jeremy Berg Understanding the impact of directional selection on the evolution of human quantitative traits Sat 3:30, Ballroom … Continue reading →

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Jeremy’s exit seminar & outstanding dissertation prize

Posted on June 3, 2016 by

Congratulations to Jeremy Berg on his exit seminar & on winning the UCDavis Merton Love Evolution and Ecology outstanding dissertation prize. Jeremy gave a great seminar on his dissertation work on soft sweeps and polygenic adaptation on human height. The … Continue reading →

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Nancy’s biology of genomes talk

Posted on May 21, 2016 by

Nancy presented her work on the genomics of short-term selection in the Florida Scrub Jays  at the CSHL Biology of genomes meeting. You can read a writeup of the work here. Nancy’s talk was wonderfully illustrated by Alex Cagan:

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what is genetic correlation?

Posted on April 19, 2016 by

With the availability of genomic data on large cohorts of well-phenotyped individuals, there has been an increased interest in “genetic correlations” between traits. That is, when testing a set of genetic variants for association with two traits, are the effects … Continue reading →

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Slides of Coop Lab talks/posters at SMBE

Posted on July 17, 2015 by

Slides from the Coop lab talks are posted below. Note that much of this work is ongoing, so please treat it as provisional. Contact us if you’d like to know more, or if you want to build on it. Alisa … Continue reading →

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