Plenary 4
Quantitative Genetics of Complex Traits in Human Populations

Thursday, August 21, 2014: 9:30 AM
Bayshore Grand Ballroom (The Westin Bayshore)
Peter Visscher , Queensland Brain Institute, University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Brisbane, Australia
Abstract Text: There are many differences in the aims of studying the genetics of complex traits in farm animals and human populations. Very broadly, animal breeding is the science and application of making predictions, whereas human complex trait genetics is about understanding the path from genome to phenome.

Keywords: Complex Traits, Human Populations