CES Buzz at CES on 9 August 2017 at 2:45 pm titled "Price Equation" by Dr. Vishwesha Guttal from CES, IISc

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Topic: 
Price Equation
Speaker: 
Dr. Vishwesha Guttal, CES, IISc
Date & Time: 
9 Aug 2017 - 2:45pm
Event Type: 
CES Buzz
Venue: 
CES Seminar Hall, 3rd Floor, Biological Sciences Building
Coffee/Tea: 
After the talk
Abstract:

Evolution is essentially quantitative and can be understood best via mathematical theories. But few courses or even text books cover basics of evolution in a quantitative way. In this context, I will introduce Price equation in an intuitive way. Its simple, elegant and easy to make sense of. I argue that basic evolutionary biology courses teach principles of evolution using Price Equation, which has a prerequisite of no more than an understanding of mean, variance, slope and correlation.