Title: Using Networks in
Evolutionary Genetics and Genomics
Abstract: Networks
consist of nodes interconnected by edges. In evolutionary
biology, the nodes can be alleles, individuals, populations, species,
etc. The edges reflect relationships or associations
between the nodes, such as linkage disequilibrium, social
interactions, genetic similarity, etc. Three examples will be
given of how networks can be used to gain powerful new insights
in evolutionary genetics and genomics: the role of landscape
structure on social, dispersal, and gene flow networks;
coadapted genetic complexes in a spatially varying environment,
and population structure.