Comment on what makes a generative model a good model:    1. How is discriminative modeling different from generative modeling?   2. How is generative modeling different from statistical modeling?    Assignment 1: multilayer perceptron for images – Deadline 05/12/2024   See the code that builds and evaluates multilayer perceptron and that comes with the…

1. Create a Power Point Presentation summarizing your findings:   a. Your PowerPoint must include a title slide, at least 10 content slides, and a works cited slide.   b. All text in your slides should be written using proper English spelling, grammar, and punctuation. Visit the Semester Project Rubric to see how your submissions…

Populations of a species often live in local areas that have various levels of connection with populations in other areas.  If a local population dies out, the area can be recolonized by migration from another area.  One of the simplest ways to study processes that lead to localized extinctions (technically called extirpations) is to use…

While you certainly can research a particular disease and write about the disease phenotypes and genetic cause, there are many other topics you can chose.   Choose something that interests you or something you’ve always wondered about but never had the time to research.   Use your imagination when coming up with a topic!  …

While you certainly can research a particular disease and write about the disease phenotypes and genetic cause, there are many other topics you can chose.   Choose something that interests you or something you’ve always wondered about but never had the time to research.   Use your imagination when coming up with a topic!  …

Describe an interaction between 2 or more wild (no pets, humans, or domesticated plants or animals) species that you observed THIS WEEK or for which you personally observed some evidence of an interaction – embed the photo you took.  This needs to be your own observation, not something you read about.  Document what you observed…

For this week’s discussion read one of the following articles, The Human Microbiome: Why our Microbes could be Key to our Health from the Guardian and/or Microbiome Experts Warn of an Invisible Extinction that’s Harming Human Health from MedicalExpress.com.  Second, you should go to the webpage dedicated to the human microbiome on the LearnGenetics Microbiome…

Evolution is a key theory in biology that underpins much of what we understand about life on the planet.  As we discussed, it occurs through natural selection, genetic drift, mutation, and migration between populations.  Despite the fact that most people have some level of understanding about evolution and how it works, many misconceptions about evolution…

In Mendelian genetics, you examined the probability of getting different genotypes among offspring of specific parents and noted the role that probability played in that process.  Now, we are looking at population genetics which involves following the fraction (frequency) of particular alleles in a specific population across generations.  When allele frequencies change across generations, this…

Choose a species and title your discussion board with the common name and proper scientific name of the species; example: Polar bear (Ursus maritimus). It can be an animal, plant, fungus, protist, bacteria, whatever you want.    For the body of your post, tell us about your species AND give an example of how your…