Application of evolutionary algorithms to solve complex problems in quantitative genetics and bioinformatics

 

Brian Kinghorn & Cedric Gondro

University of New England, Armidale, NSW Australia

 

Slides

Overview

Heuristics and evolutionary computation

From in vivo to in silico

Differential evolution

Genetic programming

Problem representation

Managing constraints

Changing the goalposts

Improving performance

Diagnosing convergence

Applications in bioinformatics, system biology and artificial life

 

Notes

 

 

 

 

Bayesian methods in genome association studies

 

Dorian Garrick & Rohan Fernando

Iowa State University, Iowa, USA

 

 

Part 1

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Additional Slides (RF)

 

 

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Armidale Animal Breeding Summer Course 2009    Materials

 

Quantitative Genetic Theory and Analysis- Selection Theory:    Bruce Walsh 

Quantitative Genetic Models for social interaction and inherited variability: Piter Bijma

 

 Armidale Animal Breeding Summer Course 2008      Materials 

            Genomic Selection:       Ben Hayes

 

 Armidale Animal Breeding Summer Course 2007      Materials

            Generalized Linear Mixed Models:        Steve Kachman

 

Armidale Animal Breeding Summer Course 2006    Materials

        Gene Expression:          Toni Reverter

            Breeding Program Design:         Graser, James, Van der Werf

 
Armidale Animal Breeding Summer Course 2005    Materials
            Breeding Objectives: Gibson, Van der Werf, Kinghorn
            Scientific Writing:          David Lindsay
            ASReml:           Arthur Gilmour
 
Armidale Animal Breeding Summer Course 2004    Materials
            Bayesian for Beginner               Kerrie Mengersen
            Bayesian Models for QTL analysis        Michel Perez-Enciso
            Bioinformatics   John McEwan

Armidale Animal Breeding Summer Course 2003    Materials

            Scientific Writing:  David Lindsay
            Linear Models for animal breeding:   Julius van der Werf, Mike Goddard
            QTL detection models:  Julius van der Werf, Ben Hayes
 
 
 
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