This week's topics were all about recombination and genetic mapping. There's quite a bit here, as a lot of it was new to me and the ideas are pretty cool. I can't help but think, "why the hell did I never learn any of this in my university genetics class???" Granted some of the ideas, such as those involving SNPs were only possible after the human genome project (which wasn't complete until after I'd graduated), but still. There's a lot of stuff about linkage and recombination fractions that should have been covered.
However, I have independent confirmation that my university genetics class was pants. So, it's not just a matter of me not having paid attention. ;)
There's a lot of good stuff here. Some of it kind of mind-blowing, and I'm really glad I'm learning it, even if I should have learned at least some of it before. Notice the marked increase in note-taking. ;)
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