This workshop is an intensive 5-day (approx 40 hr) short-workshop, with topics organized into 9 modules (morning/afternoon sessions) and a focus on practical exercises. Theoretical and practical expertise in the analysis of DNA sequences and the development of association studies will be complemented with evening talks by leading researchers in the field.

Program:

• July 13-14: DNA sequence analysis: nucleotide diversity, linkage disequilibrium and recombination, demographical models and signatures of selection.
• July 15: Quantitative genetic analyses of common garden experiment (BLUP analysis).
• July 16-17: Association genetics: case-control studies, general linear models, mixed linear models, Bayesian methods and family-based approaches (QTDT).  

Pre-course: CRIEC (Conifer Re-sequencing Initiative) workshop. Sunday July, 12^nd: sequences assembly, post-processing and genomic resources exploitation.  

Audience: Post-docs, graduate students and advanced undergraduates within the NoE Evoltree (except for the pre-course that is open to all CRIEC contributors).

 Course Information

Registration until May 31^st, 2009

Number of participants: 20 (except for the precourse that is open to all CRIEC contributors)