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STAT 550, Statistical Genetics I
 Autumn Quarter 2004

Class Times: MWF, 2:30pm - 3:20pm
Room: HSI I132
Text: Statistical inference from genetic data on pedigrees EA Thompson (Required). I expect to cover most of Chapters 1-6.

Instructor: Matthew Stephens
Office: Padelford C315, Tel 543-4302
Office Hours: For brief questions, see me after class. For longer questions, 2-3 Thu in my office (if you can't make that time, email me for an appointment).
e-mail: stephens@stat.washington.edu

Announcements

Head's up:

I'm expecting a baby to arrive any day now, so class may be cancelled at short notice. If anything happens I will try to email the class email list; If I simply don't show then you can assume this is the reason!

Class Email

You will be subscribed automatically to the class email list, with your university (@u.washington.edu) email account, so make sure you check this account. Feel free to email any questions you have about course or homework material to me or to the email list -- if the question is relevant to many in the class, I may respond to the class email, including your query. If I do that, I may edit your query.

Computing Facilities

Computing for the class with be done on the Biostat linux cluster. I'm currently trying to get accounts set up for those of you who are not Biostat students. HERE is a link to StatGen computing page, which includes links to details of the software installed on the Biostat system, and instructions on its use.

If you do not have a UWNet ID, or easy access to Terminals/PCs that run Xwindows, you may find this information helpful.

We will be using the software installed by Michael Li and Amy Anderson, who were the GSAs for this class in previous years. Please ignore any messages that say to contact one or other of them if you need help! There is no GSA for the class this year - you will have to ask me.

Introductory Materials

We will begin by covering some introductory material on genetics and likelihood-based inference. The following notes may be helpful. Elementary introduction to genetics
These web notes were written for undergraduates, by an undergraduate.
But they may be a useful summary review.

A summary of likelihood ideas and theory (or a pdf version), both courtesy of Elizabeth Thompson.

In addition to the course text, the following books may be useful:

Lange, K: Mathematical and Statistical methods for genetic analysis; 2nd Edition, Springer-Verlag.

Weir, B. S.; Genetic Data Analysis II; Sinauer 1996

You might also check out these links

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