Inference of population sizes from Genomic Data with Tajima’s coalescent

Inference of population sizes from Genomic Data with Tajima’s coalescent

Neyman Seminar
Sep 14, 2016, 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM | 1011 Evans Hall | Happening As Scheduled
Julia A. Palacios, Department of Statistics, Stanford University (Speaker)
Sophisticated inferential tools coupled with the coalescent model have recently emerged for estimation of past population sizes from present-day samples of genomic data. Estimates of population size changes over time shed light on how historical events affect genetic diversity within a species, as well as the genetic response of a species to large-scale climatic events and responses to changes in...