Population Structure and Admixture - MPG Primer 2024

Explore the fundamentals of population structure and admixture in this 46-minute lecture from the Medical and Population Genetics Primer series at the Broad Institute. Delivered by Jordan Rossen, the talk provides an in-depth introduction to complex trait genetics, focusing on human genetic variation, genotyping, and DNA sequencing methods. Learn about statistics and data analysis techniques used in studying population genetics. Gain insights into how these concepts relate to human populations and diseases. Designed for a diverse audience including research technicians, graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and established investigators new to the field, this freely available video is part of a weekly discussion series aimed at demystifying basic genetics topics. Discover how the Program in Medical Population Genetics at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard contributes to advancing our understanding of human genetics and its implications for medicine.