Grandpa’s Eyes and Grandma’s Hair: Tracing the Origin of Physical Traits with Genetic Genealogy
Paul Woodbury, MEd., AG
Content
Welcome
1m 29s
Speaker's Introduction
1m 26s
Introduction
17m 40s
Traits
18m 34s
Tracing Your Traits
29m 32s
Announcements / prizes
4m 45s
Questions / answers
12m 46s
About this webinar
DNA is the underlying code for human life. Variations in this code result in the physical diversity observed between humans. While some physical traits are determined by just a few variations, many more are governed by several to hundreds of genes. Also, while we might point to one ancestor as the source of a particular trait, in fact many of our traits are determined by contributions from both our maternal and paternal ancestors. The interactions of these gene alleles and their products result in our unique physical characteristics. With chromosome mapping, we can also trace the origins of some of these traits and characteristics.
About the speaker
From a young age, Paul Woodbury fell in love with genealogy research. To pursue his passion for this field, he studied genetics and family history at Brigham Young University. To aid in his desire to ...
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Comments (170)
WOW!! Excellent webinar full of VERY interesting information and well presented! Thanks so much!!
LOTS of good comments and information and a syllabus to help us through it. Complicated topic though!
Information clearly presented. Looking forward to the syllabus.
For someone who did not do well in the hard sciences in school, I could follow and understand today's talk.
Very interesting and informative.
Interesting information about genetic expression. I understood a lot of it, but still need more education on this subject. Paul was an excellent presenter, and he didn't take it for granted that we would understand or have prior knowledge of the subject. Nor did he talk down to us. I enjoyed his presentation. He was very informed about genetics and able to answer questions from the audience. Thanks, Paul, for a wonderful explanation of our genes.
It's a beginning.
Great presentation.