Course Topics2009 Course topics for the 2009 edition are being prepared and finalized by MIHG Faculty. Previous topics from the 2008 course can be found below Please check back soon for updates 2008 Topics covered in this course include: Basics of Population Genetics Evaluating evidence of a genetic component to the trait Phenotype definition Strategies for collecting phenotypic data Study designs Candidate gene studies Tools and technologies Human genome project sequence/HapMap data Single nucleotide polymorphism detection Copy number variation analysis Large-scale sequencing Association studies and linkage disequilibrium Family-based and population based designsQuantitative traits Linkage analysis Evaluating functional relevance of trait loci Bioinformatics approaches Complex patterns and data mining Gene-gene interaction Gene-environment interaction These topics will be covered through lectures by course faculty, informal discussions of particular examples from the literature, and discussions of students' own research projects and experience. |