Population Genetics Group

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The Population Genetics Group (or PopGroup, or PGG) is an annual meeting of population geneticists held in the UK since 1968. The meetings have been very influential in promoting population and evolutionary genetics in the UK, Europe, and elsewhere. [1] [2] There have been long-standing connections between the PopGroup meeting and the journal Heredity. In 2017 Heredity published a special issue to mark the 50th meeting of the PopGroup. [2]

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The two and a half day meetings are held annually just before Christmas or in the new year at UK universities. Attendance is typically in the range of 190-250 participants. The meetings are characterised by a very informal atmosphere alongside scientific rigour.

PopGroup is a self-organising meeting, not part of any society or university, and with no formal membership. It is funded principally by participant conference fees, and is not for profit, though it has been additionally supported as a Sectional Interest Group by the Genetics Society.

The first meetings were held in January 1968 by a group of established population geneticists as an outgrowth of informal meetings on the evolutionary patterns of the snail Cepaea nemoralis . Programmes of the meetings reflect the changes in population genetics through that time, [1] and are available on the Population Genetics Group website as PDFs.

PopGroupDateLocationOrganisorsProgramme?
59Jan 2026Lille (France !)Camille Roux / Diala Abu-Awad / Vincent CastricNot Yet
58Jan 2025SheffieldNicola NadeauNot Yet
57Jan 2024St. AndrewsMichael RitchieNot Yet
56Jan 2023LondonRichard NichollsNot Yet
55Jan 2022Norwich α Mark McMullanYes
54Jan 2021Liverpool α Andrea Betancourt Yes
53Jan 2020LeicesterRobert Hammond Yes
52Jan 2019OxfordRavinder Kanda Yes
51Jan 2018BristolJon Bridle Yes
50Jan 2017CambridgeChris Jiggins Yes
49Dec 2015EdinburghDarren Obbard Yes
48Jan 2015Sheffield Roger Butlin Yes
47Jan 2014BathNick Priest Yes
46Dec 2012GlasgowBarb Mable Yes
45Jan 2012NottinghamAngus Davison et al Yes
44Jan 2011HullDave Lunt & Lori LHandley Yes
43Jan 2010LiverpoolIlik Saccheri Yes
42Dec 2008Cardiff Mike Bruford Yes
41Dec 2007WarwickDmitry Filatov Yes
40Jan 2007ManchesterCathy Walton Yes
39Dec 2005Edinburgh Deborah Charlesworth Yes
38Dec 2004ReadingRichard Sibley & Mark Beaumont Yes
37Dec 2003SussexAdam Eyre-Walker Yes
36Jan 2003LeicesterAndre GilburnYes
35Jan 2002Leeds Roger Butlin Yes
34Dec 2000SheffieldTerry Burke Yes
33Jan 2000ExeterMark MacNairYes
32Jan 1999Cambridge Mike & Tamsin MajerusYes
31Dec 1997Nottingham John Brookfield et alYes
30Dec 1996Edinburgh Deborah Charlesworth Yes
29Jan 1996BangorChris GliddonYes
28Jan 1995ExeterMark MacNairYes
27Dec 1993ReadingMark BeaumontYes
26Jan 1993Cardiff Roger Butlin Yes
25Dec 1991LeidenPaul BrakefieldYes
24Jan 1991ManchesterManiYes
23Dec 1989NottinghamDavid Parkin & Tom DayYes
22Jan 1989Leicester Gabby Dover Yes
21Jan 1988UCL Steve Jones Yes
20Dec 1986NottinghamDavid Parkin & Tom DayYes
19Dec 1985ExeterYes
18Jan 1985ManchesterYes
17Jan 1984SouthamptonJohn AllenYes
16Jan 1983BirminghamJeff Gale Yes
15Jan 1982Cambridge Nick Barton Yes
14Dec 1980Edinburgh Bill Hill Yes
13Jan 1980Sussex Brian and Deborah Charlesworth Yes
12Dec 1978SheffieldBarry Burnet
11Jan 1978Nottingham Bryan Clarke?
10Dec 1976Durham
09Dec 1975Manchester
08Dec 1974Sussex John Maynard Smith
07Dec 1973SwanseaRoger Gilbert
06Dec 1972Nottingham
05Dec 1971BangorRichard Arnold
04Dec 1970London Yes
03Dec 1969Liverpool Yes
02Dec 1968Edinburgh Yes
01Jan 1968Birmingham Yes
0Jan 1967YorkCepaea only - PopGroup proposedYes
-1Dec 1962GroningenBeardmore/Cain/Ruiter/SheppardYes

Notes

Held virtually due to the Covid-19 Pandemic

References

  1. 1 2 Charlesworth, B; Charlesworth, D (2017-01-01). "Population genetics from 1966 to 2016". Heredity. 118 (1): 2–9. doi:10.1038/hdy.2016.55. ISSN   1365-2540. PMC   5176116 . PMID   27460498.
  2. 1 2 Butlin, R. K.; Brookfield, J. F. Y. (2017-01-01). "Genetic variation, selection and evolution: special issue in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the population genetics group meeting". Heredity. 118 (1): 1. doi:10.1038/hdy.2016.97. ISSN   0018-067X. PMC   5176120 . PMID   27827388.