Background Concepts

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

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

• Basics of Genetics

• Linkage Disequilibrium (LD)

• Genotype Imputation

• Genotype Data Processing and Quality Control (QC)

• GWAS Analysis

• P Values

• Heritability and genetic correlations

• Finemapping

• Colocalization

• Using Polygenic Risk Scores

• PheWAS Analysis

• Longitudinal Data Analysis

• Introduction to Atlas

• GWAS Association to Biological Function

• Genetic Data Resources outside of FinnGen

• Getting Started with Unix

• Getting Started with R