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The AGP laboratory conducts research on the diversity and biological evolution of human populations, with the main objective of reconstructing the history of world settlement since the origin of Homo sapiens.
The AGP laboratory conducts research on the diversity and biological evolution of human populations, with the main objective of reconstructing the history of world settlement since the origin of Homo sapiens.
7 leçons sur l'espèce humaine : spécificité, variabilité biologique, diversité culturelle et enjeux de société
Le cours propose un parcours à travers l'histoire de la construction de la connaissance scientifique sur notre espèce. Il discute les obstacles épistémologiques, les préceptes « moraux » et les préjugés qu'il a fallu dépasser pour parvenir aux représentations scientifiques actuelles.
Modes d’analyse de la variabilité des fréquences des polymorphismes génétiques dans les populations humaines
Dans ce chapitre, nous introduirons quelques concepts de base en génétique des populations et présenterons certaines approches méthodologiques essentielles à l'analyse des données des polymorphismes sanguins étudiés dans les populations humaines.
Benefits do not balance costs of biological invasions
Biological invasions have profound impacts on biodiversity and ecosystem functioning and services, resulting in substantial economic and health costs estimated in the trillions of dollars. Preventing and managing biological invasions are vital for sustainable development, aligning with the goals of the United Nations Biodiversity Conference.
The effect of divergent and parallel selection on the genomic landscape of divergence
While the role of selection in divergence along the speciation continuum is theoretically well understood, defining specific signatures of selection in the genomic landscape of divergence is empirically challenging.
Benchmarking the Mantel test and derived methods for testing association between distance matrices
Testing the association between objects is central in ecology, evolution, and quantitative sciences in general.
Genetic surfing during the range expansion of an endangered large carnivore
In an effort to halt the global decline of large carnivores, reintroductions have become increasingly popular to establish satellite populations and reduce the risk of stochastic events.
Temporal variation in introgressed segments’ length statistics computed from a limited number of ancient genomes sheds light on past admixture pulses
Hybridization is recognized as an important evolutionary force, but identifying and timing admixture events between divergent lineages remains a major aim of evolutionary biology.
Past human expansions shaped the spatial pattern of Neanderthal ancestry
The worldwide expansion of modern humans (Homo sapiens) started before the extinction of Neanderthals (Homo neanderthalensis). This study shows that inferences about past human population dynamics can be made from the spatiotemporal variation in archaic introgression.
Biology 23
16-17th February 2023 at Sciences II, University of Geneva.
Biology 23 is the largest conference of organismic biology in Switzerland and aims to provide a platform for exchange between students, researchers and professors across scientific institutions, research groups and topic areas.
Joint Analysis of Phenotypic and Genomic Diversity Sheds Light on the Evolution of Xenobiotic Metabolism in Humans
Les médecins constatent souvent que leurs patients peuvent réagir différemment à un même traitement médical : pour certains, le médicament s'avère inefficace, alors que chez d'autres patients, il provoque des effets secondaires, parfois assez graves.