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

Instructor: Elizabeth Thompson
Online course: Spring Quarter, 2010

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 12.
• Week 2: Homework 2. See Chapter 1, part 2 of the audio lectures. Due, Mon April 19
• Week 3: Homework 3. See Chapter 1, part 3 of the audio lectures. Due Mon Apr 26.
• Week 4: Homework 4. See Chapter 1, part 4 and Chapter 2, part 1 of the audio lectures. Due Mon May 3.
• Week 5: Homework 5. See Chapter 2, part 2 of the audio lectures. Due Monday May 10.
• 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.
  
• Week 8: Homework 7. See Chapter 3, part 4 and Chapter 4, part 1 and of the audio lectures.
  
• 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.
  

Lab documents

• Week 1: HERE is some information on how to get yourself set up for the computing for this class.
  
  • 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)
  Pedfiddler is quite fun to play with, although it can waste a lot of time.
  Currently Lab 2 is due May 5: let me know if there are techincal computing problems.
• Week 6: Lab 3 (includes links 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
  

Projects