Dear All
Dr. David Ramsey from the Centre of Biostatistics,
Department of Mathematics & Statistics,
University of Limerick, will speak on
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On the Detection of Selective Sweeps
Dr. David Ramsey, University of Limerick, Ireland
April 18th (Wednesday), 15:00, Room A2002
A selective sweep occurs when a favourable mutation spreads through the
population. A selectively neutral allele which lies close to this
mutation tends to spread through the population. This effect is known as
hitchhiking and results in the population exhibiting very little genetic
variation in the region around the mutation. Unfortunately, other
demographic effects can have similar consequences. However, recent rapid
advances in the mapping of genomes has provided the necessary data to
develop new improved statistical methods for detecting selective sweeps.
I will basically talk about the development of the area I'm working in now.
Tea at 14:45
All Welcome !
Best
Gilbert
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Prof. Gilbert MacKenzie
Dept. of Mathematics & Statistics,
University of Limerick,
Limerick
Ireland
CBS ~ http://www.ul.ie/biostatistics
ISA ~ http://www.istat.ie.
Gilbert ~ http://www.staff.ul.ie/mackenzieg
Email: [log in to unmask]
Tel: +353 (0)61 213499
Fax: +353 (0)61 334927
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