Module MA4453-KP05

Duration

1 Semester

Turnus of offer

irregularly

Credit points

5

Course of studies, specific fields and terms:

• Master CLS 2023, optional subject, mathematics
• Bachelor CLS 2023, optional subject, mathematics
• Master CLS 2016, optional subject, mathematics
• Bachelor CLS 2016, optional subject, mathematics

Classes and lectures:

• Evolutionary Dynamics: Population Genetic and Ecological Models (exercise, 1 SWS)
• Evolutionary Dynamics: Population Genetic and Ecological Models (lecture, 2 SWS)

Workload:

• 30 hours work on project
• 45 hours in-classroom work
• 65 hours private studies
• 10 hours exam preparation

Contents of teaching:

• Basics of mathematical population genetics
• Discrete stochastic models
• Genetic drift
• Natural selection
• Coupling of genetic and ecological models
• Dynamics of infectious diseases
• Handling publicly available data on the spread of infectious diseases

Qualification-goals/Competencies:

• The students can explain the basic biological and mathematical concepts of population genetics.
• The students can construct simple stochastic models and analyse them formally.
• The students can perform approximations of simple models.
• The Students will be able to contextualize mathematical models and data.

Grading through:

• Oral examination

Responsible for this module:

• Prof. Dr. Arne Traulsen

Teacher:

• Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology
• Institute for Mathematics
• Prof. Dr. Arne Traulsen
• MitarbeiterInnen des Instituts
• Dr. Christian Hilbe
• Dr. Hildegard Uecker
• Dr. Chaitanya Gokhale

Literature:

• S.P. Otto and T.Day : A Biologist’s Guide to Mathematical Modeling in Ecology and Evolution. Princeton University Press, 2007

Language:

• offered only in English

Notes:

Last Updated:

22.02.2022