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Multifactorial Inheritance

OPENPediatrics via YouTube

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This course explains the evidence and models supporting multifactorial inheritance and examines the genetics of common disorders. It covers familial risk, heritability, linkage disequilibrium, association studies, genomewide associations, odds ratios, and missing heritability.

Syllabus

Introduction
The Paradigm
The Evidence
concordance
measurement of heritability
correlation
model
Linkage disequilibrium
Association studies
Genomewide associations
Odds ratio
Interpreting odds ratios
Missing heritability
What accounts for that
Conclusion

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