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Summer Institute in Statistical Genetics — NSF Award to Georgia Tech Research Corporation (GA, $235,845)

General awareness of the power of genetic knowledge is evident in the rapid use of direct-to-consumer genetic testing companies for people to learn about their own ancestries and to find previously unknown relatives, and the consequent solving of long-cold crimes by genetic genealogists. More generally, the genetic con

Award titleSummer Institute in Statistical Genetics
Award ID2445639
AwardeeGeorgia Tech Research Corporation
CityATLANTA
StateGA
Amount obligated$235,845
Principal investigatorGregory Gibson
ProgramGenetic Mechanisms, STATISTICS, Plant Genome Research Project, Evolutionary Processes, Biological Anthropology
Start date05/01/2024
AbstractGeneral awareness of the power of genetic knowledge is evident in the rapid use of direct-to-consumer genetic testing companies for people to learn about their own ancestries and to find previously unknown relatives, and the consequent solving of long-cold crimes by genetic genealogists. More generally, the genetic constitutions of plants, animals and humans influence their fitness for survival and their behavior and also can reveal their evolutionary histories. Advances in genetics rest on obse
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