In pbreheny/breheny: Miscellaneous Functions

Overview

• Today's lecture is about the statistical aspects of genetics and how we can link traits (e.g., height, blood pressure, disease) to specific genetic variants
• We'll go into some depth concerning the most commonly used mathematical / statistical models for genetics, and briefly touch on more complex extensions
• In addition, we'll discuss how this works at the genome-wide scale and what has been learned from the collective efforts to do so ---

DNA vs. expression

• The basic flow of information within a cell is as follows:

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