Genome-Wide Association Study - An Explanation for Beginners

This video is an introduction to Genome-Wide Association Studies, a powerful technique for finding genetic associations for traits. This video is aimed at beginners just getting into the field because a few months before making this video, I was in the same position and wished there was a video like this on Youtube.

Let me know if there are any errors in the video and any suggestions for future videos.

Thank you to Michael Francis and Dr. Kaixiong Ye from the Ye Genetics Lab at UGA for teaching me all I needed to know about GWASs in the summer of 2020 as well as reading over the video script to make sure everything was correct.

I am currently researching population genetics at the Lachance Lab at Georgia Tech.
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Video Chapters:
0:00 Summary of GWASs
0:29 Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs)
1:30 Purpose of a GWAS
1:57 Data Collection
3:02 Regression Analyses
5:16 Interpreting p-values
6:26 Manhattan Plots
6:58 Conclusion