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ArticleBMC bioinformatics2022

PyToxo: a Python tool for calculating penetrance tables of high-order epistasis models.

Borja González-Seoane, Christian Ponte-Fernández, Jorge González-Domínguez, María J Martín

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Borja González-SeoaneFacultad de Informática, Universidade da Coruña, 15071, A Coruña, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6609-7819
Christian Ponte-FernándezCITIC, Computer Architecture Group, Facultad de Informática, Universidade da Coruña, 15071, A Coruña, Spain. christian.ponte@udc.es.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4728-6398
Jorge González-DomínguezCITIC, Computer Architecture Group, Facultad de Informática, Universidade da Coruña, 15071, A Coruña, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2602-4874
María J MartínCITIC, Computer Architecture Group, Facultad de Informática, Universidade da Coruña, 15071, A Coruña, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9153-0909

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Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (ES) PID2019-104184RB-I00/AEI/10.13039/501100011033Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte FPU16/01333Xunta de Galicia ED431C 2021/30Xunta de Galicia ED431G 2019/01
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Abstract

backgroundEpistasis is the interaction between different genes when expressing a certain phenotype. If epistasis involves more than two loci it is called high-order epistasis. High-order epistasis is an area under active research because it could be the cause of many complex traits. The most common way to specify an epistasis interaction is through a penetrance table.

resultsThis paper presents PyToxo, a Python tool for generating penetrance tables from any-order epistasis models. Unlike other tools available in the bibliography, PyToxo is able to work with high-order models and realistic penetrance and heritability values, achieving high-precision results in a short time. In addition, PyToxo is distributed as open-source software and includes several interfaces to ease its use.

conclusionsPyToxo provides the scientific community with a useful tool to evaluate algorithms and methods that can detect high-order epistasis to continue advancing in the discovery of the causes behind complex diseases.

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Epistasis, GeneticModels, GeneticPenetrancePhenotypeSoftwareEpistasis modelGene interactionHeritabilityPenetrancePrevalencePythonSimulationSymPy

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