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ArticleGenetics2014

Mapping eQTL networks with mixed graphical Markov models.

Inma Tur, Alberto Roverato, Robert Castelo

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Article in Genetics, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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Inma TurDepartment of Experimental and Health Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, E-08003 Barcelona, Spain Research Programme on Biomedical Informatics, Institut Hospital del Mar d'Investigacions Mèdiques, E-08003 Barcelona, Spain.
Alberto RoveratoDepartment of Statistical Sciences, Università di Bologna, I-40126 Bologna, Italy.
Robert CasteloDepartment of Experimental and Health Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, E-08003 Barcelona, Spain Research Programme on Biomedical Informatics, Institut Hospital del Mar d'Investigacions Mèdiques, E-08003 Barcelona, Spain robert.castelo@upf.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2229-4508

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Expression quantitative trait loci (eQTL) mapping constitutes a challenging problem due to, among other reasons, the high-dimensional multivariate nature of gene-expression traits. Next to the expression heterogeneity produced by confounding factors and other sources of unwanted variation, indirect effects spread throughout genes as a result of genetic, molecular, and environmental perturbations. From a multivariate perspective one would like to adjust for the effect of all of these factors to end up with a network of direct associations connecting the path from genotype to phenotype. In this article we approach this challenge with mixed graphical Markov models, higher-order conditional independences, and q-order correlation graphs. These models show that additive genetic effects propagate through the network as function of gene-gene correlations. Our estimation of the eQTL network underlying a well-studied yeast data set leads to a sparse structure with more direct genetic and regulatory associations that enable a straightforward comparison of the genetic control of gene expression across chromosomes. Interestingly, it also reveals that eQTLs explain most of the expression variability of network hub genes.

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Chromosome MappingGene Regulatory NetworksMarkov ChainsModels, GeneticQuantitative Trait LociAlgorithmsCrosses, GeneticGene Expression Regulation, FungalGenomicsReproducibility of ResultsSoftwareYeastsconditional Gaussian distributioneQTLexact-likelihood-ratio testgene networkmixed graphical Markov model

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PMID25271303
PMCPMC4256758

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