Human Genetics for the
Social Sciences
Interactive Learning Exercises
Note Well:
These are a series of java applets
that are under development and being tested for use with
upperclass undergraduates and beginning graduate students.
Please feel free to use them. Also, these applets run well
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on new applets are greatly appreciated. Contact
Gregory Carey
Department of Psychology and
Institute for Behavioral Genetics
University of Colorado
Boulder CO 80309-0345 USA
gregory.carey@colorado.edu
phone: 303-492-1658
fax: 303-492-2967
Mendelian Transmission:
Offspring
from the matings on ABO blood
groups
Offspring
from the matings on Rh blood groups
Linkage:
Gametes
under linkage
Linkage
pedigrees
Understanding heritability:
Heritability:
Introduction (text only)
Heritability
I: Scatterplots.
Heritability
II: Environmental variation around a genotypic
value.
Heritability
III: Culture and
heritability.
Heritability
IV: Between-group Heritability.
Computing heritability annd
environmentability:
The
Twin Method
Understanding the threshold model:
Threshold
Models: Background (text
only)
Threshold
I: Introduction to the Threshold
Model
Threshold
II: Heritability and the Threshold
Model
Threshold
III: Effects of a Changing
Environment
Threshold
IV: The Correlation in
Liability
Threshold
V: Estimating the Correlation in Liability
Genetic Variance Components for a Single
Locus
Single
Locus Variance Components
Gene-Environment Interaction
Gene-Environment
Interaction-I: Sensitivity to the Environment
Evolution:
Natural
Selection 1: Selection for a multifactorial
trait
Natural
Selection 2: Selection on a single locus (not working
correctly yet)
Genetic
Drift
Set Point Models:
Set
Point 1: Ordinary set point
model
Set
Point 2: Model with an extreme environmental
event
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