The total duration of the videos in this section is 02:11:48. The slides for the Introduction to Workshop and Basics of Statistical Genetics are available as a PDF file. The lectures for this day are ...

Basic concepts in population genetics, including nucleotide diversity, random genetic drift, effective population size, coalescent theory, time to common ancestor, site frequency spectrum, linkage ...

The future is now: powerful new ways to treat genetic disorders and the ethical dilemmas they raise. There are an estimated 7,000 genetic disorders, most of which are caused by minute changes in our ...

Over the past several decades, the field of genetics has grown enormously, both in terms of the breadth of knowledge accumulated and the technologies developed. An enhanced understanding of genetics ...

How will genetics impact the practice of medicine? The traditional focus of medical genetics is on the diagnosis and management of disorders due to changes in single genes or chromosomes. Major ...