> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.finngen.fi/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.finngen.fi/background-reading.md).

# Background Concepts

FinnGen data analysts are from a variety of backgrounds - some more clinical, some more bench science, and some more computational.

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Here we have gathered some of our internally recommended resources if some topics are unfamiliar to you:

* [**Basics of Genetics**](/background-reading/genetics-basics.md)
* [**Linkage Disequilibrium**](/background-reading/linkage-disequilibrium-ld.md) **(LD)**
* [**Genotype Imputation**](/background-reading/imputation.md)
* [**Genotype Data Processing and Quality Control**](/background-reading/genotype-process.md) **(QC)**
* [**GWAS Analysis**](/background-reading/gwas-analysis.md)
* [**P Values**](/background-reading/p-values.md)
* [**Heritability and genetic correlations**](/background-reading/heritability-and-genetic-correlations.md)
* [**Finemapping**](/background-reading/finemapping.md)
* [**Colocalization**](/background-reading/colocalization.md)
* [**Using Polygenic Risk Scores**](/background-reading/using-prs-data.md)
* [**PheWAS Analysis**](/background-reading/phewas-analysis-compared-to-gwas.md)
* [**Longitudinal Data Analysis**](/background-reading/references-on-longitudinal-data-analysis-ohdsi-soren-brunak.md)
* [**Introduction to Atlas**](https://github.com/finngen-user-documentation/Draft_of_FG_Analyst_Handbook/blob/master/background-reading/broken-reference/README.md)
* [**GWAS Association to Biological Function**](/background-reading/gwas-association-to-biology.md)
* [**Genetic Data Resources outside of FinnGen**](/background-reading/genetic-data-resources.md)
* [**Getting Started with Unix**](/background-reading/how-to-get-started-with-unix.md)
* [**Getting Started with R**](/background-reading/how-to-get-started-with-r.md)