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# Basics of Genetics

Considering that the data that you will be working on is genetic data, getting the basic concepts of genetics will be important.

We suggest the

* **Khan Academy provides general information** on [classical genetics](https://www.khanacademy.org/science/biology/classical-genetics) and [allele frequencies](https://www.khanacademy.org/science/ap-biology/natural-selection/hardy-weinberg-equilibrium/v/allele-frequency).
* One of **our** **personal favourites for** [**primers on genomics**](https://www.genome.gov/About-Genomics/Introduction-to-Genomics) on the National Human Genome Research Institute (USA).
* An **excellent overview of genomics** and the analytics of genomics found here: [Analytic and Translational Genetics by Karczewski and Martin (2020) Annual Review of Biomedical Data Science](https://ibg.colorado.edu/cdrom2021/Day08-veerapan/2021_IBG_Hail/Materials/additionalMaterial/annurev-biodatasci-072018-021148.pdf)

For more in-depth information we also highly recommend Matti Pirinen's [GWAS course materials](https://www.mv.helsinki.fi/home/mjxpirin/GWAS_course/).