Prequel & Lecture 1

Question 1

What is population genetics

Answer 1

studying the genetics within a population

Question 2

what is MRCA/LCA??

Answer 2

it is the most recent person with all of the DNA from the generations to come

Question 2

Explain population genetics to a 5-year old

Answer 2

so every human almost the exact same, expect for a tiny part. that’s what population genetics is taking that tiny part that is different and seeing why its so different and what makes it different within a group of people like your classroom vs. another

Question 3

Covid is an:

Answer 3

RNA virus that is 30k bases long

Question 4

Covid has:

Answer 4

Spike Proteins

Question 5

The first recorded case was seen in:

Answer 5

Wuhan China and was used as a baseline

Question 6

How do you track the spread of a virus?

Answer 6

By the mutations and the Last Common ancestor

Question 7

January 8th Mutation

Answer 7

In Wuhan China

Question 8

Late February Mutation

Answer 8

In Guangzhou China

Question 9

January 5th Mutation

Answer 9

Seattle New Jersey

Question 10

Late February USA Mutation

Answer 10

Washingtion

Question 11

Grand Princess Cruise?

Answer 11

9 cases

Question 12

Where did California get it’s virus from

Answer 12

China

Question 13

Where did New York get its virus from

Answer 13

Europe

Question 14

Where did Munich get its virus

Answer 14

Shanghai

Question 15

Where did a women in Manhattan gets its virus from

Answer 15

Iran

Question 16

Where did Guatemala get the virus from

Answer 16

Deportees from the USA

Question 17

Was Covid a Fast or Slow mutating Virus

Answer 17

Slow Virus

Question 18

Court Case: What was the situation

Answer 18

A man shot a sheep when it wasn’t hunting season in a certain region but brought it back to his home region and played it off as a legally killed sheep

Question 19

Court Case: What was the basis of hoping to get the evidence thrown out

Answer 19

That the genetic population used to compare the DNA was not wide enough to include the certain population of sheep killed

Question 20

Court Case: What method did the Laboratory use to analyze the DNA evidence?

Answer 20

Micro-satellite PCR