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...class takes a more traditional approach to biology, expanding on the now-defunct BS50 course by focusing on genetics and some peripheral disease-related material. The 1a profs seem more polished than those in 1b, though Daniel Hartl stands out as a truly impressive lecturer. Maryellen Ruvolo and John Wakeley clearly have interesting points to make, but get lost in their expansive Powerpoint presentations and statistical data. Robert Lue in 1a and Craig Hunter in 1b have the toughest material, but Lue gets students more excited about his dense subject matter. Life Sciences 1b is still interesting...
...thing that is emphasized within NSF [in the PECASE nomination process] is the educational aspect of the research,” said Wakeley, who is writing two textbooks that will incorporate his research. “This award will be extremely helpful in promoting my teaching and research efforts to a wider audience...
...Wakeley, who teaches the graduate seminar Organismic Evolutionary Biology 303, “Theoretical Population Genetics” was one of the 20 PECASE award winners that was nominated...
...working on models that deal with geographically structured populations,” Wakeley said. “These models describe the ancestry or genealogy of a sample...
...Wakeley said that his research has found that the genealogies of more complex populations are mathematically similar to genealogies in unstructured populations...