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Epistatic interactions of genes influence within-individual variation of physical activity traits in mice.

Larry J Leamy, Daniel Pomp, J Timothy Lightfoot

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Article in Genetica, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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Larry J LeamyDepartment of Biology, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC 28223, USA. ljleamy@uncc.edu
Daniel Pomp
J Timothy Lightfoot

Funding

GENETIC FACTORS RESPONSIBLE FOR EXERCISE ENDURANCER01AR050085 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA CHARLOTTE · PI LIGHTFOOT, J TIMOTHY · 2005 to 2009
$1.6M
Genetic Architecture of Voluntary Exercise in MiceR01DK076050 · NIDDK · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI POMP, DANIEL · 2007 to 2010
$966k
Control of Physical Activity by Genetic FactorsR15DK061635 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA CHARLOTTE · PI LIGHTFOOT, J TIMOTHY · 2003 to 2003
$133k
NIAMS NIH HHS AR050085NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR050085NIDDK NIH HHS DK076050NIDDK NIH HHS DK61635NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK076050NIDDK NIH HHS R15 DK061635
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Abstract

A number of quantitative trait loci (QTLs) recently have been discovered that affect various activity traits in mice, but their collective impact does not appear to explain the consistently moderate to high heritabilities for these traits. We previously suggested interactions of genes, or epistasis, might account for additional genetic variability of activity, and tested this for the average distance, duration and speed run by mice during a 3 week period. We found abundant evidence for epistasis affecting these traits, although, recognized that epistatic effects may well vary within individuals over time. We therefore conducted a full genome scan for epistatic interactions affecting these traits in each of seven three-day intervals. Our intent was to assess the extent and trends in epistasis affecting these traits in each of the intervals. We discovered a number of epistatic interactions of QTLs that influenced the activity traits in the mice, the majority of which were not previously found and appeared to affect the activity traits (especially distance and speed) primarily in the early or in the late age intervals. The overall impact of epistasis was considerable, its contribution to the total phenotypic variance varying from an average of 22-35% in the three traits across all age intervals. It was concluded that epistasis is more important than single-locus effects of genes on activity traits at specific ages and it is therefore an essential component of the genetic architecture of physical activity.

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Epistasis, GeneticAnimalsFemaleGenetic PleiotropyGenetic VariationMaleMiceMice, Inbred C3HMice, Inbred C57BLMotor ActivityQuantitative Trait Loci

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PMID21667081
PMCPMC4181533

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