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dc.contributor.authorMekonnen, Yonatan Ayalew
dc.date.accessioned2013-07-09T10:58:04Z
dc.date.available2013-07-09T10:58:04Z
dc.date.copyright2012
dc.date.issued2013-07-09
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/186175
dc.description.abstractA number of software packages have been developed for the detection of epistatic QTL. Nevertheless, none of these approaches could assure the optimal detection of epistasis. There are a number of limitations in these studies including high computational demands due to increased combinations of interactions for large datasets. Therefore, it has been a challenge to identify genes which are responsible for complex genetic traits caused by epistasis as well as gene by environment (G×E) interactions. Although genetic association studies have recently gained popularity, most of these studies have been carried out on the effect of the markers’ mean trait value without considering the differences in the variances of the traits. These differences could be associated with detecting variance controlling loci and missing heritability. In this paper, we address the novelty of variance genome wide association study (vGWAS) and evaluate its power for the detection of epistasis. Data were generated using simulation program for two chromosomes, both containing 209 markers. vGWAS – an R statistical package was used with two and three loci epistasis model to analyze the simulated data. The Brown-Forsythe (Levene's) test was used to assess the equality of group variance for variance controlling loci. For both two and three loci epistasis models, correct QTL are detected. Both heritability and power are calculated using three genotype-phenotype maps. Using vGWAS is therefore one way to find some of the variation currently unexplained. Interaction variances ( ), which are included in vGWAS analysis, is a novelty compared to other software in terms of detecting variance controlling loci (vQTL) and finding the missing heritability due to interacting loci. In our analysis, we have shown that at low or moderate noise level, both power and heritability estimates were approximately 1. The result reflects that vGWAS is a powerful and efficient tool for detecting candidate epistatic genes (i.e., detecting vQTL are often associated with interacting genes). Therefore, it could be appropriate to be used as a procedure for real data dealing with complex disease or obscured genetic interactions in addition to standard linear regression models.no_NO
dc.description.sponsorshipErasmus mundus scholarshipno_NO
dc.language.isoengno_NO
dc.publisherNorwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås
dc.subjectEpistasisno_NO
dc.subjectheritabilityno_NO
dc.subjectinteraction variancesno_NO
dc.subjectpowerno_NO
dc.subjectQTLno_NO
dc.subjectvGWASno_NO
dc.subjectvQTLno_NO
dc.titleEvaluation of vGWAS, a test for determining scenarios of epistasisno_NO
dc.typeMaster thesisno_NO
dc.subject.nsiVDP::Agriculture and fishery disciplines: 900::Agriculture disciplines: 910::Livestock breeding, rearing, reproduction: 912no_NO
dc.subject.nsiVDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Basic biosciences: 470::Genetics and genomics: 474no_NO
dc.source.pagenumber78no_NO


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