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Genome-wide association of multiple complex traits in outbred mice by ultra-low-coverage sequencing

Nicod, J; Davies, RW; Cai, N; Hassett, C; Goodstadt, L; Cosgrove, C; Yee, BK; ... Flint, J; + view all (2016) Genome-wide association of multiple complex traits in outbred mice by ultra-low-coverage sequencing. Nature Genetics , 48 (8) pp. 912-918. 10.1038/ng.3595. Green open access

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Abstract

Two bottlenecks impeding the genetic analysis of complex traits in rodents are access to mapping populations able to deliver gene-level mapping resolution and the need for population-specific genotyping arrays and haplotype reference panels. Here we combine low-coverage (0.15×) sequencing with a new method to impute the ancestral haplotype space in 1,887 commercially available outbred mice. We mapped 156 unique quantitative trait loci for 92 phenotypes at a 5% false discovery rate. Gene-level mapping resolution was achieved at about one-fifth of the loci, implicating Unc13c and Pgc1a at loci for the quality of sleep, Adarb2 for home cage activity, Rtkn2 for intensity of reaction to startle, Bmp2 for wound healing, Il15 and Id2 for several T cell measures and Prkca for bone mineral content. These findings have implications for diverse areas of mammalian biology and demonstrate how genome-wide association studies can be extended via low-coverage sequencing to species with highly recombinant outbred populations.

Type: Article
Title: Genome-wide association of multiple complex traits in outbred mice by ultra-low-coverage sequencing
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1038/ng.3595
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ng.3595
Language: English
Additional information: Copyright © 2016 Nature America, Inc. All rights reserved.
Keywords: Genome-wide association studies; High-throughput screening
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > Div of Biosciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > Div of Biosciences > Genetics, Evolution and Environment
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1503764
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