7.52  Graduate Genetics

I forgot to add, the mean for exam 3 was 81, the standard deviation was 10.

Hi class, your exams are graded, and overall grades have been finalized.  You can email Andrew or me for your grades.  You can pick up your exam booklets throughout next week from my lab (Whitehead, Page lab, room 405).  Email me ahead of time to make sure I'll be around first.

We've really enjoyed having all of you, and thanks for the cookies!

Happy holidays!
Shirleen

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Prof. Chris Kaiser
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A reminder that exam 3 is tomorrow, 9-12.  Bring a calculator.  Laptops are allowed to refer to lecture notes, but internet is not allowed.

Some of you asked me about the basis for the linkage disequilibrium test, and what the positive or negative results mean.  I've posted a very very very optional reading for those of you who are interested. The material covered in the reading is way more detailed than what you need to know (e.g. how the equation is derived).  You simply need to know what is in the lecture notes -- understand how to identify linkage disequilibrium, do the test for linkage disequilibrium, and interpret linkage disequilibrium.

The reading is a few pages from Hartl and Clark's principles of population genetics text. Sorry for the somewhat sketchy quality... Look up the book itself for a better read.