Considerations in the search for epistasis

Autor: Marleen Balvert, Johnathan Cooper-Knock, Julian Stamp, Ross P. Byrne, Soufiane Mourragui, Juami van Gils, Stefania Benonisdottir, Johannes Schlüter, Kevin Kenna, Sanne Abeln, Alfredo Iacoangeli, Joséphine T. Daub, Brian L. Browning, Gizem Taş, Jiajing Hu, Yan Wang, Elham Alhathli, Calum Harvey, Luna Pianesi, Sara C. Schulte, Jorge González-Domínguez, Erik Garrisson, Lorentz workshop on epistasis, Michael P. Snyder, Alexander Schönhuth, Letitia M. F. Sng, Natalie A. Twine
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Genome Biology, Vol 25, Iss 1, Pp 1-17 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1474-760X
DOI: 10.1186/s13059-024-03427-z
Popis: Abstract Epistasis refers to changes in the effect on phenotype of a unit of genetic information, such as a single nucleotide polymorphism or a gene, dependent on the context of other genetic units. Such interactions are both biologically plausible and good candidates to explain observations which are not fully explained by an additive heritability model. However, the search for epistasis has so far largely failed to recover this missing heritability. We identify key challenges and propose that future works need to leverage idealized systems, known biology and even previously identified epistatic interactions, in order to guide the search for new interactions.
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