Schedule – 2018
Mon, Jun 5 | ||
Time | Activity | Instructor(s) |
9:00-10:00 | Lecture 1.1: Introduction to the course & quantitative genetics | FHL, Steve Arnold, Joe Felsenstein |
10:00-10:30 | Discussion | |
10:30-11:15 | Lecture 1.2: Molecular quantitative genomics | Patrick Phillips |
11:15-11:30 | Discussion | |
11:30-12:15 | Lecture 1.3: Inheritance of a single trait & response to selection | Steve Arnold |
12:15-1:15 | Lunch | |
1:15-1:30 | Individual photos (at rock in front of main office building). | |
1:30-2:15 | Exercise 1.1: Estimation of heritability: Parent-offspring regression in R: | Steve Arnold |
2:15-2:30 | Discussion | |
2:30-3:30 | Lecture 1.4: Multivariate inheritance & response to selection | Steve Arnold |
3:30-3:45 | Discussion | |
3:30-4:45 | Exercise 1.2: Multivariate inheritance: matrix algebra in R and PCP software | Phillips & Arnold |
4:45 – 5:00 | (optional, but required for use of rowboats) Rowboat orientation, at pier | Kristy Kull |
Tue, Jun 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 | Arnold & Simon |
2:30-2:45 | Discussion | |
2:45-3:45 | Lecture 2.3: Evolution on a surface: The adaptive landscape | Steve Arnold |
3:45-4:30 | Discussion | |
4:30-4:45 | Group photo, on knoll to right of main lab building (walk around porch) | |
7:30 | R workshop (optional) | Marguerite Butler |
Wed, Jun 6 | ||
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 | |
1:00-3:00 | Lecture/Exercise 3.2: Brownian motion on phylogenies: contrasts and general linear models | Emília Martins and Joe Felsenstein |
3:00-5:00 | Lecture/Exercise 3.3: A relatively painless overview of OU processes on phylogenies and their interpretation | Brian O’Meara and Marguerite Butler |
Thur, Jun 7 | ||
Time | Activity | Instructor |
9:00-10:30 | Lecture/Exercise 4.1: Long-term evolution | Josef Uyeda |
10:30-11:15 | Lecture/Exercise 4.2: Morphometrics on phylogenies | Joe Felsenstein |
11:15-12:15 | Lecture/Exercise 4.3: Making sense of your output: assessing confidence in model selection and parameters using parametric bootstrap | Marguerite Butler |
12:15-1:15 | Lunch | |
1:15-3:00 | Lecture/Exercise 4.4: Environments, maps and climates | Emília Martins |
3:15-5:00 | Lecture/Exercise 4.5: Measurement error, identifiability, and model adequacy | Brian O’Meara |
Fri, Jun 8 | ||
Time | Activity | Instructor |
9:00-10:30 | Lecture 5.1: Accounting for sexual radiation with coevolutionary models & OUwie | Steve Arnold |
10:30-12:00 | Lecture/Exercise 5.2: Phylogenetic natural history: uniting data-driven and hypothesis testing frameworks | Josef Uyeda |
12:00-1:00 | Lunch | |
1:30-3:00 | Lecture/Exercise 5.3: The threshold model | Joe Felsenstein and Josef Uyeda |
3:00-4:00 | Discussion: Overview of workshop topics | All lecturers and participants |
4:00-4:30 | Workshop feedback |