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Human Genome News, July 1994; 6(2)
Columbia University (CU) is offering an advanced linkage course January 9-13, 1995, at the CU Health Sciences Library in New York City. The fee of $150 (supported by a grant from the National Center for Human Genome Research) covers tuition but not room, board, or meals. Five travel stipends of $700 each are available to eligible participants from U.S. institutions. Application deadline is November 10, and the maximum number of participants will be 20.
Topics to be covered include LINKAGE computer programs; handling of inbreeding loops, age-dependent penetrance, and sex-specific recombination fractions; models of genetic heterogeneity; analysis of complex diseases; allelic association (disequilibrium); nonparametric linkage analysis; two-locus models of inheritance; and computer simulation.
Participants must be familiar with IBM-compatible microcomputers and have experience with a linkage program and a background in statistical genetics and linkage analysis. [Contact: Katherine Montague, CU; 722 West 168th St.; New York, NY 10032 (212/960-2507, Fax: /568-2750, BITNET: ott@nyspi ).]
The electronic form of the newsletter may be cited in the following style:
Human Genome Program, U.S. Department of Energy, Human Genome News (v6n2).
The Human Genome Project (HGP) was an international 13-year effort, 1990 to 2003. Primary goals were to discover the complete set of human genes and make them accessible for further biological study, and determine the complete sequence of DNA bases in the human genome. See Timeline for more HGP history.
Published from 1989 until 2002, this newsletter facilitated HGP communication, helped prevent duplication of research effort, and informed persons interested in genome research.
