John Wakeley

John Wakeley

On Leave, Academic Year 2023-2024
Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
(Not Accepting Graduate Students for 2024-2025)
John Wakeley

Interim Faculty Support: Erin Ciccone

Population samples of DNA sequences contain information about both contemporary and ancient processes and events. I use mathematical models to describe how these current and historical factors conspire to produce the patterns of genetic variation which are readily observable among individuals within species. I employ both analytical and computational techniques to make inferences about these factors from patterns of genetic variation. The field I work in is called Theoretical Population Genetics. Follow the link to the Lab website below for more information, especially about the exciting research being done by other members of the group.  

Recent Publications

McAvoy A, Wakeley J. 2022. Evaluating the structure-coefficient theorem of evolutionary game theory. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA. 119:e2119656119.

Salagnac O, Wakeley J. 2021. The Consequences of switching strategies in a two-player iterated survival game. Journal of Mathematical Biology 82:17

Wakeley, J. 2020. Developments in coalescent theory from single loci to chromosomes. Theoretical Population Biology 133:56-64

Edelman NB, Frandsen PB, Miyagi M, et al. 2019. Genomic architecture and introgression shape a butterfly radiation. Science 366 (6465):967-986

Palacios JA, Veber A, Cappello L, et al. 2019. Bayesian estimation of  population size changes by sampling Tajima's trees. Genetics 213:967-986.

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Biological Laboratories 4096
16 Divinity Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
p: 617-495-1564

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