Evolutionary Forces in Humans and Pathogens - Natural Selection and Genomic Studies
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Overview
Syllabus
SCIENCE LECTURE
The Study of Natural Selection
Natural Selection Shaped Human Genome
Overview
Genomics Signals of Natural Selection
The Era of Genome-Wide Scans
Path to Adaptive Evolution
Developed a Composite of Multiple Signals
Combining Multiple Tests to Pinpoint Variants
Many Pigmentation Genes
Chr2: Asia, Hair traits
Human Traits
Mouse model EDARV370A model
Hair and Sweat Evolution
From Genomic Scan to Adaptive Hypothesis
Setting up diagnostic capacity
Sequencing Lassa virus
Lassa Patient
Emerging Disease or Emerging Diagnosis?
Public Health Implications
A Suite of Tools
An Array of Ancient Microbes
Sabeti Lab 2013
The Broad Malaria Community
Taught by
Harvard University