Introduction
  Prerequisites
  Course Syllabus
  Course Schedule
  Online Reading
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 Mark W. Braun, MD
 braunm@indiana.edu

 
   Mechanisms of Human Disease 
    The Plight of Native Americans and European Conquest
 

 
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Week 2:
Population Genetics, & Herd Diseases

  • The role of environment
  • Hardy Weinberg
    • Bottle Neck
    • Founder population
    • Drift
    • Selection
    • What happens to recessive genes?
  • Multiple gene determinants
  • Red Queen
  • People and bugs together

The Red Queen running in place with Alice, illustration from Chapter 2 of Through the Looking-Glass. Wood-engraving by the Dalziels.
Again, it's all online reading, click here
  • Lively, Red Queen hypothesis.
  • Red Queen movie clip
  • Relethford, chapter 3 and others.
  • Herd immunity tutorial (you will need to be online for this to work).

Week 3

 
 
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