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| Week | Date | Assignment | Due |
| 1 | Jan. 3 | Read Chapter 1 and 2 of Allman/Rhodes notes | Jan. 4 |
| Jan. 4 | Read Chapter 3. Do 1-3 in 2.6. | Jan. 5 | |
| Jan. 5 | Read Chapter 4. Do 3.8 1,2,3,4,9,11, 12*, 14* | Jan. 6 | |
| Jan. 6 | Read 5 intro, 5.1, 5.2. Do 4.5 6,7. Lab 1 | Jan. 10 | |
| 2 | Jan. 9 | Read the rest of Ch. 5. Do 5.5 2,5,14 | Jan. 11 |
| Jan. 10 | |||
| Jan. 11 | Try 5.5 25 (NJ slides from class) (pdf) | Jan. 16 | |
| Jan. 12 | Work on research project | Jan. 18 | |
| Jan. 13 | Work on research project | Jan. 18 | |
| 3 | Jan. 16 | Finish Lab 2, read Intro to Probability (AR handout) | Jan. 17 |
| Jan. 17 | |||
| Jan. 18 | Read 6.1, 6.2 in coursepack. Read 4.4 Matrix Models (AR handout). Do 4.2.4, 4.2.5, 4.3.1 (AR handout) | Jan. 19 | |
| Jan. 19 | Read 4.5 Phylogenetic Distances (AR handout) Do 6.5 1,2,3,4 (notes) | Jan. 20 | |
| Jan. 20 | Do 4.3.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.5.3 (AR handout) | Jan. 23 | |
| 4 | Jan. 23 | Read Ch. 8 in notes | Jan. 24 |
| Jan. 24 | Redo all problems that got 0, 1, or 1.5 from last assignment.
Do 8.4.1 (Example 1 only), 8.4.2 m=Np n-m=N(1-p), 8.4.3, 8.4.5. Read Chapter 9. |
Jan. 25 | |
| Jan. 25 | Read Ch. 10. | Jan. 27 | |
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