Data analysis in genetics

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Hello, Here you will find a good review of genetic problems, including calculating probabilities and chi square. http://www.life.illinois.edu/ib/201/lectures/

Maths in laboratory

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Hi, I have already posted some papers describing how to calculate dilution factors, pH and etc. However, this handout is concise but handy for quick revision. Take a look. http://web.mnstate.edu/provost/BiochemistryLabI.html

Practice papers

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Hi guys, Here you will find some good practice problems with answers. Initially try not to look at the answers. http://steveleesj.com/uoft/HMB265/pasttest/

Practice papers

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  Here you will find a good exam paper from University of Arizona. Below are more problems: http://eebweb.arizona.edu/courses/ecol320/

Behavioral ecology

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This lesson is about behavioral ecology. Behavioral ecology is the study of the evolutionary basis for animal behavior due to ecological pressures.  Most probably during olympiad you will get a situation and you will have to determine what kind of behavior is in the problem. For example,                   The answer is B …

Biostatistics Part 2

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To continue our topic on biostatistics, here I will post some good stuff to learn. Firstly, HERE you will find amazing tutorial. Take a look. Below you will find a simple introduction to chi-square. http://www.dpisd.org/cms/lib4/TX01001079/Centricity/Domain/1059/ChiSquarePractice.pdf http://staff.orecity.k12.or.us/kate.fisher/Ms._Fishers_Website/AP_Biology_files/X2%20Practice%20Problems%20Key.pdf https://sharepoint.ocsarts.net/student/academic/rima_semaan/honors_biology/Lists/Announcements/Attachments/422/Ch%2011%20Genetics%20and%20Statistics%20(Chi%20Square).pdf  http://www.colby.edu/biology/bi164/Lab/Lab%204Genetics&ChisquareANSWERKEY.pdf

Biostatistics Part 1

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After some break, I came back and would like to suggest you reading about biostatistics. Even though in biology olympiads this comprises only a small part of testing, however, you should know t-test and Chi-square very very well. To begin with, bellow you will find a comprehensive textbook of biological statistics. http://udel.edu/~mcdonald/HandbookBioStat.pdf, A good summarize on P-VALUES AND HYPOTHESIS TESTING. …

pH changes

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Below you will find a handout with pH calculation theory and problems to consolidate your knowledge. http://web.campbell.edu/faculty/chazotte/Courses/PHARM_304/Materials_304/Biochemistry%20Basics.htm

Buffer Practice Problems

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Bellow you will find some buffer problems. Before start read about buffers in Theory section.  http://www.biochem.arizona.edu/classes/bioc462/ Another one problem set is bellow: http://personal.denison.edu/~kuhlman/courses/biochem/samples/aqueous_eq_buffers.pdf.