Graduate Prerequisites: SPH BS858 or BS859; or consent of instructor - This course covers current topics in statistical genetics, with emphasis on how statistical techniques can be used with various types of genetics data to identify genes and genetic variants contributing to complex human diseases. Topics such as gene mapping in experimental organisms, advanced linkage analysis methods, statistical approaches for the analysis of genome-wide high density SNP scans in unrelated and family samples, post genome-wide association analyses and genetic risk prediction will be discussed.

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