Statistical Methods for Studying the Genetics of Complex Disease and the Evolution of Human Immunity

Statistical Methods for Studying the Genetics of Complex Disease and the Evolution of Human Immunity

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Mar 4, 2013, 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM | 290 Hearst Memorial Mining Building | Happening As Scheduled
**Bryan Howie**, Department of Human Genetics, University of Chicago
Abstract: High-throughput sequencing technologies are providing new insights into patterns of human genetic variation, the evolutionary forces that have shaped them, and the ways they influence our risk of developing complex diseases. In this talk, I will discuss three areas of my research in this field. First, I will describe my work on genotype imputation, which is a statistical technique that...