Tag Archives: population structure

Admixture maps in R for Dummies

Posted on 13 Nov, 2014 by Arun Sethuraman

Before we get started, I’d like to point everyone to an excellent tutorial here by Kim Gilbert on making maps in R. I have been grappling with overlaying admixture plots, and migration routes on top of maps recently, and thought I’d put … Continue reading →

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Why do we care about population structure?

Posted on 9 Jul, 2013 by Jeremy Yoder

Arun Sethuraman is a postdoctoral associate with Jody Hey, studying statistical models for divergence population genetics in the Department of Biology at Temple University. You can also find him on Twitter, and on his short story blog. After nearly six years of researching population genetic structure … Continue reading →

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Isolating isolation by distance

Posted on 4 Sep, 2012 by Jeremy Yoder

Update, 29 Jan 2015: This post has been edited to remove a video clip from the movie “Chinatown,” which was jarring and really just unnecessary, as pointed out in the comments. At its most basic level, population genetics is about … Continue reading →

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