Objectives
Leading Causes of Death by Age Group
What makes complex diseases complex?
Why are complex traits Multifactorial
Dichotomous and Continuous Traits
Threshold Model of Genetic Susceptibility
Gene Environment Interaction
Multifactorial Traits and Twin Studies
Concordance
Twins and Type I vs. Type II Diabetes
Common Birth Defects
Prevelance of Spinal Bfida
Prevention of Neural Tube Defects
Population Genetics
Punnet Square
Hardy-Weinberg Equation
When alleles are in equilibrium the sum of these is 1?
Assumptions of Hardy Weinberg Equilibrium
Disease Frequency vs. Allele Frequence
Disease Frequency is not Allele Frequency
Disease Frequency is q2
But Allele Frequency is P or Q
Summary of Part I
Summary of Key Points Pt. II
Summary of Key Points Pt. III
Summary of Key Points IV