SNPs associated to a disease in the African population

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[parisa.ghvm]

Hello All,

I am a complete newbie in bioinformatics and would love to know a few approaches to solve a problem that I have now:

I would like to find all of the SNPs associated with a number of diseases in the African population. What are the ways to do that?

A step-by-step solution and relevant links are highly appreciated. Thanks a lot!

[Kevin Blighe]

"diseases in the African population" - Can you elaborate what you mean?

[parisa.ghvm]

for example, I want to see which SNPs are associated with obesity in the African population and make a list of their rs numbers.

[Kevin Blighe]

There are quite a few studies. Just search for the following in your search engine of choice: ncbi gwas obesity african

[i.sudbery]

Hi, its not clear if you would like to find a list of known associations or you are looking to discover new ones.

[parisa.ghvm]

Hi :) I would like to make a list of the known ones.

[parisa.ghvm]

To the best of my knowledge, I can go to Ensembl and search for the disease and then find the variants. But I do not know how to narrow down the information to a certain population.

[ATpoint]

Please use Add Reply of edit the toplevel question with new information.

[parisa.ghvm]

To the best of my knowledge, I can go to Ensembl and search for the disease and then find the variants. But I do not know how to narrow down the information to a certain population.