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Department of Applied Statistics UNIVERSITY OF READING POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH IN STATISTICAL GENETICS This BBSRC-funded project involves a collaboration with a Medical Genetics team at Guy's Hospital, London, who are investigating mutation and recombination processes on the human X-chromosome. The successful applicant will work with David Balding and John Whittaker to develop statistical methods for analysing the data generated by the Guy's team, and similar data generated elsewhere. The results will help refine methods for locating disease genes, and provide insights into the history of human populations. The postholder will form part of a co-operative research group consisting of about a dozen researchers, working on a range of applications of statistics to molecular biology (see: http://www.rdg.ac.uk/~sns98gm/sghome.html) Applicants should have a PhD in statistics, genetics, or related discipline. The post is available as soon as convenient and funding is available for approximately 2.5 years. Salary range: 15,735 to 20,107 pounds. Closing date for applications is 26 May 1999. Please quote reference R9925. Application forms and further particulars are available from the Personnel Office, the University of Reading, Whiteknights, PO Box 217, Reading RG6 6AH; answerphone +44 118 931 6771. Informal enquiries to John Whittaker, [log in to unmask]; ph +44 118 931 8023; fx +44 118 975 3169. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%