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ArticleBMC bioinformatics2019

A likelihood ratio test for changes in homeolog expression bias.

Ronald D Smith, Taliesin J Kinser, Gregory D Conradi Smith, Joshua R Puzey

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Article in BMC bioinformatics, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ronald D SmithDepartment of Applied Science, The College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, 23187, VA, USA.
Taliesin J KinserDepartment of Biology, The College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, 23187, VA, USA.
Gregory D Conradi SmithDepartment of Applied Science, The College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, 23187, VA, USA.
Joshua R PuzeyDepartment of Biology, The College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, 23187, VA, USA. jrpuzey@wm.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8019-9993
William & Mary · US

Funding

College of Arts and Sciences, College of William and Mary Summer Research AwardNational Science Foundation 1121606
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundGene duplications are a major source of raw material for evolution and a likely contributor to the diversity of life on earth. Duplicate genes (i.e., homeologs, in the case of a whole genome duplication) may retain their ancestral function, sub- or neofunctionalize, or be lost entirely. A primary way that duplicate genes evolve new functions is by altering their expression patterns. Comparing the expression patterns of duplicate genes gives clues as to whether any of these evolutionary processes have occurred.

resultsWe develop a likelihood ratio test for the analysis of the expression ratios of duplicate genes across two conditions (e.g., tissues). We demonstrate an application of this test by comparing homeolog expression patterns of 1448 homeologous gene pairs using RNA-seq data generated from leaves and petals of an allotetraploid monkeyflower (Mimulus luteus). We assess the sensitivity of this test to different levels of homeolog expression bias and compare the method to several alternatives.

conclusionsThe likelihood ratio test derived here is a direct, transparent, and easily implemented method for detecting changes in homeolog expression bias that outperforms alternative approaches. While our method was derived with homeolog analysis in mind, this method can be used to analyze changes in the ratio of expression levels between any two genes in any two conditions.

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Gene DuplicationGene Expression ProfilingGenes, PlantPolyploidyEvolution, MolecularGene Expression Regulation, PlantGenome, PlantMimulusSequence Analysis, RNAHomeolog expression biasLikelihood ratio testPolyploidRNA-seqWhole genome duplication

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PMID30894122
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