The mathbio colloquium series continues on Thursday, Nov. 18 at 3:30 p.m. in MG2050. <\/p>\n
Dr. Tony Weisstein, Truman Biology Professor, will be speaking on:<\/p>\n
“The Case of the Protective Protein: Using a population genetics simulation in an undergraduate lab course to test hypotheses for the evolution of an HIV resistance allele.”<\/p>\n
Abstract: The delta-32 allele of the human CCR5 chemokine receptor gene helps protect against infection by HIV. Initial studies proposed that the allele\u2019s current frequency (5\u201314% in many Caucasian populations) might have resulted from relatively recent natural selection by smallpox or the bubonic plague. In this talk, I will introduce an Excel-based simulation of population genetics that incorporates selection, drift, mutation, and migration. We will then examine a field-tested lab module in which students use this software to test hypotheses about the evolutionary history of the delta-32 allele. In the process, students learn the principles behind nonparametric statistics and explore the interactions between stochastic and directional evolutionary forces. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The mathbio colloquium series continues on Thursday, Nov. 18 at 3:30 p.m. in MG2050. Dr. Tony Weisstein, Truman Biology Professor, will be speaking on: “The Case of the Protective Protein: Using a population genetics simulation in an undergraduate lab course to test hypotheses for the evolution of an HIV resistance allele.” Abstract: The delta-32 allele […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":185,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n