GE02: Genetic-epidemiologic research methods

Week 1, Oct. 22 -- 26, 2007. Binary traits in families and populations

Exercises with answers are available at http://mga.bionet.nsc.ru/~yurii/courses/ge02-2007/


Thanks to all participants of GE02-2007 -- it was pleasure to work with you, and next generations should appreciate the fact that you picked up so many of errors in my slides. The corrected slides are here.

Please check if you agree with my rating of the difficulty of the exercises (I also fixed the exercises according to your comments). Remember, this is estimated difficulty after all course was done -- not the difficulty level you were experiencing in the class! If you do not agree with my rating -- drop me an e-mail. You remember that I am going to score the exams based on this "difficulty level"...

Day 1

Introduction

Slides Slides for students

Basic probability

Slides Slides for students Supplementary Excel files Supplementary data Exercises Notes Audio

Independent events, Mendel's lows

Slides Slides for students Supplementary Excel files Exercises Notes Audio

Population genetics, Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium

Slides Slides for students Supplementary Excel files Exercises Notes Audio

Departure from HWE, Genotyping error, Wahlund's effect, Inbreeding

Slides Slides for students Supplementary Excel files Exercises Notes Audio Answers

Day 2

Conditional probability, total probability

Slides Slides for students Supplementary Excel files Exercises Notes

Bayes formula, realtive and absolute risk

Slides Slides for students Supplementary Excel files Exercises Notes

Mutation-selection balance

Slides Slides for students Supplementary Excel files Exercises Notes Audio Answers

Day 3

Genetic risk calculation in families: X-linked and dominant disease

Slides Old HTML Slides for students Supplementary Excel files Exercises Supplementary Data Notes

Genetic risk calculation in families: recessive disease

Slides Slides for students Supplementary Excel files Exercises1 Exercises2 Answers Notes

Day 4

Binomial distribution

Slides Slides for students Supplementary Excel files Exercises Notes

Genetic drift

Slides Slides for students Supplementary Excel files Exercises Supplementary data Answers Notes

Normal & Poisson approximations to Binomial

Slides Slides for students Supplementary Excel files Exercises Supplementary data Notes Answers

Day 5

Hypothesis testing

Slides Slides for students Supplementary Excel files Exercises Answers Notes

Statistical testing in genetic-epidemiological studies

Slides Slides for students Supplementary Excel files Exercises Answers Notes

Power of genetic-epidemiological study

Slides Slides for students Supplementary Excel files Exercises Supplementary data Notes Answers