Welcome to the q-bio Summer School and Conference!

Introduction

From Q-bio

Outline:

Elements of the theory of Markov Chains. Stochastic models of population genetics and population dynamics: Moran model and branching process models. Fixation of a mutant in Moran model.

Additional advanced topics and some mathematical derivations at 1 or 2 evening sessions for those interested.

References:

  • Kimmel, Marek, and David E. Axelrod. "Branching Processes in Biology” (2nd ed. updated and extended). Springer New York 2015.

Additional references: