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Episode 8: What makes us different and the same: Genetic Variation
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Our DNA makes us unique. It also makes us similar to each other - sometimes more and sometimes less. How? Dr. Sabah Kadri and Arshi Arora explore similarities and differences in our DNA. And in the process, they discuss milestone genomics projects in human beings such as dbSNP, the HapMap project and Genome Wide Association Studies. They look at studies all the way from one that looks at genetic factors involved in Covid-19 to one that investigates the genetics of curly hair. This one is a fun ride.
Link to papers discussed:
GWAS Covid study:
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2020283
Biology and genetics of curly hair:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/exd.13347
GWAS and HapMap
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2717504/
Contact us with questions, feedback and requests to collaborate on future episodes at [email protected].
Follow us on Twitter: @compbiopodcast ; Dr. Sabah Kadri: @sabahkadri ; Arshi Arora: @arorarshi
Intro/Outro music: Riatsu (Shadaab Kadri)
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Thumbnail from Pixabay. Thanks to @eliaas.sch
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Manage episode 268033225 series 2763643
Our DNA makes us unique. It also makes us similar to each other - sometimes more and sometimes less. How? Dr. Sabah Kadri and Arshi Arora explore similarities and differences in our DNA. And in the process, they discuss milestone genomics projects in human beings such as dbSNP, the HapMap project and Genome Wide Association Studies. They look at studies all the way from one that looks at genetic factors involved in Covid-19 to one that investigates the genetics of curly hair. This one is a fun ride.
Link to papers discussed:
GWAS Covid study:
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2020283
Biology and genetics of curly hair:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/exd.13347
GWAS and HapMap
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2717504/
Contact us with questions, feedback and requests to collaborate on future episodes at [email protected].
Follow us on Twitter: @compbiopodcast ; Dr. Sabah Kadri: @sabahkadri ; Arshi Arora: @arorarshi
Intro/Outro music: Riatsu (Shadaab Kadri)
Follow us on YouTube here.
Follow us on Instagram here.
Thumbnail from Pixabay. Thanks to @eliaas.sch
--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/computationally-yours/message31 episodes
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