Week 3: July 7, 2010

Human Genetic Variation and GWAS


Instructor:

Keyan Salari, MD/PhD Candidate
Department of Genetics

Learning Objectives

  • Gain understanding of natural variation in the human genome
  • Gain understanding of how genetic variation impacts simple and complex human traits
  • Gain understanding of the design, analysis and interpretation of genetic association studies
  • Gain competence in calculating odds ratios


  • Data Exercises (Instructions)

  • LD-based SNP imputation with HapMap and 1000 Genomes data
  • Annotation of SNP dataset with allele and genotype frequencies, gene names, and disease genes
  • Visualization of SNP data on UCSC genome browser


  • Lecture Slides


    Readings

    1. How to Use an Article About Genetic Association

    2. Pearson and Manolio. How to Interpret a Genome-Wide Association Study. JAMA 2008;299(11):1335-1344.