Summer Institute in Statistical Genetics

Module 10:
Instructors: Katie Kerr and Tim Thornton

This page will feature slides, exercises, and some solutions (all to follow). Prior to the module, please install up-to-date versions of R and Plink on the laptop you will use during the summer institute. Both are free.


Slides and Exercises (Thornton Sessions):

For each exercises performed in R, script files be posted following. To make them work on your computer, remember to modify file names and locations appropriately. Also note that many different 'correct' solutions are possible.



  • Session 7 : Estimating Relatedness

  • Session 8 : Association Testing with Related Samples

  • Session 9 : Population Structure. Exercises [.doc, .pdf ] (R script file)



  • Session 10 : Association Methods for Cryptic Structure. Exercises [.doc, .pdf ] (R script file)




  • Thornton Data

    Before trying to read data into an R or PLINK session, we recommend looking at it first, in a text editor. Is the data comma- or tab-delimited? Does it have a 'header' row containing variable names?



    Kerr Slides

    Kerr Data - in alphabetical order