Schedule – 2017
Here is the workshop schedule, which will be updated between now and 9 June.
| Mon, June 5 | ||
| Time | Activity | Instructor |
| 9:00-10:15 | Lecture 1.1: Introduction to the course & quantitative genetics | FHL, Steve Arnold, Joe Felsenstein |
| 10:15-10:45 | Discussion | |
| 10:45-11:45 | Lecture 1.2: Inheritance of a single trait & response to selection | Steve Arnold |
| 11:45-12:15 | Discussion | |
| 12:15-1:15 | Lunch | |
| 1:00-1:15 | Individual photos (at rock in front of main office building) | |
| 1:15-2:30 | Exercise 1.1: Estimation of heritability: Parent-offspring regression in R: | Steve Arnold |
| 2:30-3:30 | Lecture 1.3: Multivariate inheritance & response to selection | Steve Arnold |
| 3:30-3:45 | Discussion | |
| 3:30-4:30 | Exercise 1.2: Estimating & comparing G-matrices with PCP software | Steve Arnold |
| 4:30 – 5:00 | Discussion | |
| 5:00 | (optional) Rowboat orientation (at Pier) | |
| Tues, June 6 | ||
| Time | Activity | Instructor |
| 9:00-9:45 | Lecture 2.1: Estimation of inheritance with fixed & random effects | Pat Carter |
| 9:45-10:15 | Discussion | |
| 10:15-11:00 | Exercise 2.1: Using MCMCglmm in R to estimate inheritance parameters | Pat Carter |
| 11:00-11:15 | Discussion | |
| 11:15-12:15 | Lecture 2.2: Selection as a surface | Steve Arnold |
| 12:15-1:30 | Lunch | |
| 1:30-2:30 | Exercise 2.2: Estimating a selection surface | Steve Arnold |
| 2:30-3:00 | Discussion | |
| 3:00-4:00 | Lecture 2.3: Evolution on a surface: The adaptive landscape | Steve Arnold |
| 4:00-4:30 | Discussion | |
| 4:30-4:45 | Group photo, on knoll to right of main lab building (walk around porch) | |
| 7:30 | R Bootcamp: an optional session for those who wish to improve their R skills | Marguerite Butler |
| Wed, June 7 | ||
| Time | Activity | Instructor |
| 9:00-10:00 | Lecture 3.1: Simulating the evolution of the G-matrix | Adam Jones |
| 10:00 -10:30 | Discussion | |
| 10:30-11:30 | Exercise 3.1: G-matrix stability and evolution | Jones & Arnold |
| 11:30-12:00 | Discussion | |
| 12:00-1:00 | Lunch | |
| 1:00-2:30 | Lecture/Exercise 3.2: Introduction to ML and Bayesian inference. Lecture and Exercise | Brian O’Meara |
| 2:30-3:00 | Discussion | |
| 3:00-3:30 | Lecture 3.3: Brownian motion | Joe Felsenstein |
| 3:30-3:45 | Discussion | |
| 3:45-4:15 | Lecture 3.4: Simulating Brownian motion | Marguerite Butler |
| 4:15-4:45 | Lecture 3.5: Brownian motion | Brian O’Meara |
| 4:45-5:00 | Discussion | |
| Thur, June 8 | ||
| Time | Activity | Instructor |
| 9:00-9:45 | Lecture/Exercise 4.1: Univariate OU, a bottom-up perspective | Marguerite Butler |
| 9:45-10:00 | Discussion | |
| 10:00-10:30 | Lecture/Exercise 4.2: Univariate OU, a top-down perspective | Brian O’Meara |
| 10:30-10:45 | Discussion | |
| 10:45-11:45 | Lecture 4.3: Accounting for sexual radiation with coevolutionary models & OUwie | Steve Arnold |
| 11:45-12:00 | Discussion | |
| 12:00-1:00 | Lunch | |
| 1:00-2:00 | Lecture 4.4: The macroevolutionary dynamics of adaptive landscapes | Josef Uyeda |
| 2:00-2:45 | Exercise 4.3: Bayou: Macroevolutionary analysis with microevolutionary priors | Josef Uyeda |
| 2:45-3:00 | Discussion | |
| 3:00-4:00 | Lecture 4.5: Multivariate BM | Joe Felsenstein |
| 4:00-4:15 | Discussion | |
| 4:15-5:15 | Lecture 4.6: Multivariate OU | Marguerite Butler |
| 5:15-5:30 | Discussion | |
| Fri, June 9 | ||
| Time | Activity | Instructor |
| 9:00-9:45 | Lecture 5.1: Comparative methods | Joe Felsenstein |
| 9:45-10:00 | Discussion | |
| 10:00-10:30 | Exercise 5.1: Comparative methods | O’Meara & Felsenstein |
| 10:30-10:45 | Discussion | |
| 10:45-11:30 | Lecture 5.2: Geometric morphometrics | Joe Felsenstein |
| 11:30-12:00 | Discussion | |
| 12:00-1:00 | Lunch | |
| 1:00-1:45 | Lecture 5.3: Morphometrics: Size/shape/function/phylogeny | Marguerite Butler |
| 1:45-2:00 | Discussion | |
| 2:00-2:45 | Lecture 5.4: Threshold methods | Joe Felsenstein |
| 2:45-3:00 | Discussion | |
| 3:00-3:30 | Exercise 5.2: Threshold methods | Josef Uyeda |
| 3:30-3:45 | Discussion | |
| 3:45-4:45 | Overview of course discussion | All |
| 4:45-5:15 | Workshop feedback |