STAT 550 (DL):
Statistical Genetics I; Discrete Mendelian traits

Instructor: Elizabeth Thompson
Online course: Spring Quarter, 2009

Course materials

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• Elementary introduction to genetics
  These web notes were written for undergraduates, by an undergraduate.
  But they may be a useful summary review.
• Here is a summary of likelihood ideas and theory (PDF version).
  This material is covered briefly in the audio lectures, but this is a more detailed general summary than is there.
• Here is a note about expectations
  which may be helpful to those with less probability and statistics background.

Homeworks

• Week 1: Homework 1. See Chapter 1, part 1 of the audio lectures. Due, Mon April 6.
• Week 2: Homework 2. See Chapter 1, part 2 of the audio lectures. Due, Mon April 13
• Week 3: Homework 3. See Chapter 1, part 3 of the audio lectures. Due Mon Apr 20.
• Week 4: Homework 4. See Chapter 1, part 4 and Chapter 2, part 1 of the audio lectures. Due Mon Apr 29.
• Week 5: Homework 5. See Chapter 2, part 2 of the audio lectures.
  
• Week 6: No homework due. A break to think about your final project
  
• Week 7: Homework 6. See Chapter 3, part 1 and Chapter 3, part 2 and of the audio lectures.
  Anton's homework 6 solutions
  
• Week 8: Homework 7. See Chapter 3, part 4 and Chapter 4, part 1 and of the audio lectures.
  Anton's homework 7 solutions
  
• Week 9: Homework 8.
  These can be done using the materials above. The final two lecture segments Chapter 4, part 2 and Chapter 4, part 3, are more for your interest, background for Lab-5, and to complete the course.
  Anton's homework 8 solutions
  

Lab documents

• Week 1: HERE is some information on how to get yourself set up for the computing for this class.
  Note there will be various alternative ways to access software: I will help get everyone who need help sorted out as soon as I have a grant proposal sent off to NIH.
  • Copying and editing files or use this older vi editor
  • Strange problems with files out of DOS (Notepad, for example)
  • Problems with ssh, or graphics windows: try "ssh -X"
• Week 2: Lab 1 (includes a link to the example files for lab 1)
  See also Chapter 1, part 1 of the audio lectures.
• Week 4: Lab 2 (includes a link to the example file for lab 2, and information on dowloading your own version of Pedfiddler if you wish)
  Lab 2 is optional; in fact you may get credit for Lab 1 OR Lab 2, but it is STRONGLY RECOMMENDED you sort out any access etc problems with Lab 1, because these will arise again with Labs 3,4,5.
  On the other hand: Pedfiddler is quite fun to play with, although it can waste a lot of time.
• Week 6: Lab 3 (includes a link to the example files for lab 3)
  
• Week 8: Lab 4 (includes a link to the example files for lab 4)
  
• Week 10: Lab 5
  Anton's Lab 5 solutions
  

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