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Statistical and Population Genetics
United Kingdom - Oxfordshire - Oxford

Hosted by: Oxford Bioinformatics Programme
Venue: Oxford University
Dates: Apr 07, 2008 through Apr 11, 2008

Description
 
How do we currently find disease genes?

The course will cover several widely used approaches both in theory and in practical sessions using real datasets where possible.

Topics covered will include: Basic Genetics;
Pedigree likelihoods; Map building; Parametric Linkage Analysis; Non-parametric Linkage Analysis; Association Analysis; The HapMap Project; Visualizing LD; Haplotype Estimation; The effects of population structure on association studies

Students will be introduced to a range of software: CRIMAP, GENEHUNTER, MERLIN, R PHASE, STRUCTURE, STRAT.
 
Additional Information
 
Event URL: http://bioinfomsc.stats.ox.ac.uk/subjects/SPG.html
ISCB Member Discount: 10 percent
Contact Person: Lisa Bligh ([javascript protected email address])

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