Population genetics of polyploids, from theory to practice
Workshop held in Ede-Wageningen, The Netherlands 10 - 13.9.2026
Violette Doublet, Joern Gerchen, Filip Kolář, Patrick Meirmans & Alison Scott
Course materials
(disclaimer: these materials are for non-commercial use only)
R intro tutorial (pre-course)
Tutorial with questions
Tutorial with answers
- Sample data and used scripts
Reading
Introduction to scripting and simulations in R
Getting to grips with using R to simulate diploid and polyploid populations
Block A - Introduction to autopolyploid population genetics theory
Genetic diversity and differentiation, HWE, missing dosage (theory & simulations)
Block B - Evolutionary history of autopolyploids
Genetic structure, diversity and differentiation of mixed-ploidy species inferred from genome-wide SNP data (empirical analyses)
Block C - Population genomic signatures of auto- vs. allopolyploidy
Allopolyploids and systems with mixed inheritance (theory & empirical analyses and discussions)
Block D - Signatures of selection in autopolyploids
Detecting footprints of selection in mixed-ploidy systems using genome-wide SNP data (theory & empirical analyses)
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