No living organism escapes evolutionary change, and evolutionary biology thus connects all biological disciplines. To understand the processes driving evolution, we need a theoretical framework to predict and test evolutionary changes in populations. Population genetic theory provides this basic framework, integrating mathematical and statistical concepts with fundamental biological principles of genetic inheritance, selection, mutation, migration and random genetic drift. Population genetic models allow us to make quantitative predictions that can inform an experimentalist while designing new experiments, and give us a deeper understanding of how evolution works. The ICTS schools on population genetics and evolution, organized biennially since 2014, introduce students to fundamental concepts as well as the latest advances in population genetic theory.In the sixth edition of the school, over 2 intense weeks, students from diverse biological and mathematical backgrounds will learn and t...
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