Preface

About the Author

Hi! I am an bioinformatician, data scientist, and NSF postdoctoral research fellow in biology Ph.D. candidate, bioinformatician, data scientist, working in the Schield lab at the University of Virginia. I use bioinformatic techniques to understand how genomic and phenotypic variation is influenced by environmental factors. I am particularly interested in local adaptation, hybridization, and the development of new bioinformatic tools for biological applications. Feel free to visit my website or CV if you’d like to check out my past work.

Motivation

This book was created to help anyone interested in analyzing population genomic data. I have spent many hours in my Ph.D. and post-doc trying to develop and understand scripts to analyze data. I hope that this book makes someone’s life easier and provides a clear and concise explanation of commonly used population genomic analyses. It is a work in progress, so feel free to reach out with any comments, suggestions, or if you would like to contribute a chapter.

Acknowledgements

I thank my wife, advisors, and collaborators for their support and help with many of the topics discussed in this book. I also acknowledge and thank the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF GRF Award #2037786), NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Biology (NSF DBI-2409958) and Miami University for funding my dissertation, post-doctoral fellowship, and for providing the opportunity to develop this book. I also thank the University of Virginia for hosting me during my post-doc.

Citing this book

If you use any of the materials in this book please use the citation below and remember to cite any packages or data sets as well.

Citation

Farleigh, K. (2025). The researcher’s guide to population genomics.

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