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Brief Bioinform ; 14(3): 302-14, 2013 May.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22723459

ABSTRACT

Genetic interactions or epistasis have been thought to play a pivotal role in shaping the formation, development and evolution of life. Previous work focused on lower-order interactions between a pair of genes, but it is obviously inadequate to explain a complex network of genetic interactions and pathways. We review and assess a statistical model for characterizing high-order epistasis among more than two genes or quantitative trait loci (QTLs) that control a complex trait. The model includes a series of start-of-the-art standard procedures for estimating and testing the nature and magnitude of QTL interactions. Results from simulation studies and real data analysis warrant the statistical properties of the model and its usefulness in practice. High-order epistatic mapping will provide a routine procedure for charting a detailed picture of the genetic regulation mechanisms underlying the phenotypic variation of complex traits.


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Epistasis, Genetic , Quantitative Trait Loci , Computer Simulation , Models, Genetic
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BMC Plant Biol ; 11: 23, 2011 Jan 26.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21269481

ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND: The identification of genes or quantitative trait loci that are expressed in response to different environmental factors such as temperature and light, through functional mapping, critically relies on precise modeling of the covariance structure. Previous work used separable parametric covariance structures, such as a Kronecker product of autoregressive one [AR(1)] matrices, that do not account for interaction effects of different environmental factors. RESULTS: We implement a more robust nonparametric covariance estimator to model these interactions within the framework of functional mapping of reaction norms to two signals. Our results from Monte Carlo simulations show that this estimator can be useful in modeling interactions that exist between two environmental signals. The interactions are simulated using nonseparable covariance models with spatio-temporal structural forms that mimic interaction effects. CONCLUSIONS: The nonparametric covariance estimator has an advantage over separable parametric covariance estimators in the detection of QTL location, thus extending the breadth of use of functional mapping in practical settings.


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Chromosome Mapping/methods , Light , Statistics, Nonparametric , Temperature , Computer Simulation , Likelihood Functions , Models, Biological , Photosynthesis/radiation effects , Quantitative Trait Loci/genetics , Time Factors
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