Today we had a very shallow introduction to population genetics and human evolution.
We discussed the concepts of gene pool, allele frequency and genotype frequency. We talked about the Hardey-Weinberg model and how it can be used to find allele frequencies in a population, or predict genotype frequencies in a given generation based on allele frequencies.
We discussed Hardey-Weinberg equilibrium and how it can be used to test if evolutionary forces are acting upon a population.
We then discussed a little bit of human evolution and how maternal and paternal haplotype data have been used to elucidate the migration routes of humans since our origin in Africa.
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