PPT-IMPRS workshop Comparative Genomics

18 th 21 st of February 2013 Lecture 4 Positive selection What is positive selection Positive selection is selection on a particular trait and the increased frequency of an allele in a population. A2 Economics. Aims and Objectives. Aim: . Understand the theory of absolute and comparative advantage.. Objectives: . • Define the theory of absolute . and comparative . advantage. .. Analyse the effects of specialisation. By. Cheryl Hamilton. 5. th. Grade. Comparative Adjectives. Comparative adjectives are used to compare two people, places, things, or groups.. Add . er. . to most short adjectives to make their comparative forms.. Do Now. Complete the Do Now – make sure to circle which alarm is going off as you read the sentence with a mistake.. Write the “Fix It” sentence. Make sure you have agreement in person, number, and gender!. Comparative Genomics. 18. th. -21. st. of February 2013. Lecture . 1. Genetic variation. At what level do we study and compare genetic variation?. Populations. Individuals. Kingdom. Phylum. Class. Order. Michael is fat. Garfield is fatter than Michael. Justin . Bieber. is the fattest.. The adjectives . fat, fatter . and . fattest. are called the positive, comparative and superlative respectively.. For most adjectives of one syllable and some two-syllable adjectives . selection, . regulation, epigenomics, . disease. Manolis Kellis. MIT Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. Recombination breakpoints. Family Inheritance. CHAPTER 338Worldwide Scientific Capacity for DevelopmentInadequate Governance Contributes to Failure of Diffusion ofGlobal Governance to Promote Global Public GoodsNeed for Global Governance for Genom Overview and Capabilities: . . High Throughput Sequencing Facility (HTSG). Functional Genomics M. ammalian Genotyping Core (MGC). Corbin Jones. Faculty Director. Piotr . Meiczkowski . Technologies . from NHGRI’s . Planning . Workshop on the Future Opportunities . for . Genome Sequencing . & Beyond. Mark Gerstein & Rick Myers. Recommendations related to genome function. . Part 1: Workshop summary (Mark). . Carl Pray. 1. Can advances in biology transform Asian agriculture? Challenges are large. Food production . Productivity growth . Crises – . Biological -Africa Swine Fever, corn stalk borer, fall armyworm, wheat rust. February 2012. Comparative . genomics. The study of the relationship of genome structure and function. across different biological species or strains. .. Why . should we do this?. How . are we going to do this?. What . is . Functional. . Genomics?. RNA . Transcription/Gene. . Expression. Measuring Gene. . Expression. Microarrays. High-throughput. . Sequencing. Transcriptional. . Regulation. Transcription. . . Shawneequa L. Callier, JD, MA . Associate Professor. Clinical Research and Leadership. School of Medicine and Health Sciences. George Washington University. Special Volunteer. Center for Research on Genomics . Bella Starling. Director of Public . Programmes. , CMFT. Wellcome. Trust Engagement Fellow. About me. Career. Scientist (neuroscience, genetics, stem cells). Science writer. Biomedical ethics. Public engagement, .