Farming and sedentism first appeared in southwestern Asia during the early Holocene and
later spread to neighboring regions, including Europe, along multiple dispersal routes. …

Approximate Bayesian computation (ABC) techniques permit inferences in complex
demographic models, but are computationally inefficient. A Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) …

Background The estimation of demographic parameters from genetic data often requires the
computation of likelihoods. However, the likelihood function is computationally intractable …

The analysis of ratios of body measurements is deeply ingrained in the taxonomic literature.
Whether for plants or animals, certain ratios are commonly indicated in identification keys, …

Until recently, the use of Bayesian inference was limited to a few cases because for many
realistic probability models the likelihood function cannot be calculated analytically. The …

Lactase persistence (LP), the continued expression of lactase into adulthood, is the most
strongly selected single gene trait over the last 10,000 years in multiple human populations. It …

Optimal rates of evolution and the informativeness of characters for phylogenetic inference
have received increasing attention as the effort to distinguish phylogenetic signal and noise …

The seminar Symplectic Geometry at the University of Berne in summer 1992 showed that
the topic of this book is a very active field, where many different branches of mathematics …

The joint and accurate inference of selection and demography from genetic data is considered
a particularly challenging question in population genetics, since both process may lead to …

Although it is now widely accepted that the rate of phenotypic evolution may not necessarily
be constant across large phylogenies, the frequency and phylogenetic position of periods of …