Iain Mathieson Presents Ten Thousand Years of Natural Selection

Department of Computational Biology presents the Kennedy Lecture in Human Evolution

Iain Mathieson, Associate Professor, Department of Genetics, University of Pennsylvania
 

"Ten Thousand Years of Natural Selection"

Ancient DNA allows us to study human evolution directly by watching allele frequencies change over time. Combining this information with archeological, medical and functional data allows us to understand the causes and consequences of selection, while new data from previously unstudied parts of the world allows us to test general principles of human evolution. Dr. Mathieson will present recent research from his lab looking at the evolution of human stature, the evolutionary response to the development of agriculture and the consequences of this response for variation in disease risk among present-day populations.

Seminar Hosts: Dr. April Wei and Dr. Andy Clark