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Combined sequence-based and genetic mapping analysis of complex traits in outbred rats

Item Type:Article
Title:Combined sequence-based and genetic mapping analysis of complex traits in outbred rats
Creators Name:Baud, A., Hermsen, R., Guryev, V., Stridh, P., Graham, D., McBride, M.W., Foroud, T., Calderari, S., Diez, M., Ockinger, J., Beyeen, A.D., Gillett, A., Abdelmagid, N., Guerreiro-Cacais, A.O., Jagodic, M., Tuncel, J., Norin, U., Beattie, E., Huynh, N., Miller, W.H., Koller, D.L., Alam, I., Falak, S., Osborne-Pellegrin, M., Martinez-Membrives, E., Canete, T., Blazquez, G., Vicens-Costa, E., Mont-Cardona, C., Diaz-Moran, S., Tobena, A., Hummel, O., Zelenika, D., Saar, K., Patone, G., Bauerfeind, A., Bihoreau, M.T., Heinig, M., Lee, Y.A., Rintisch, C., Schulz, H., Wheeler, D.A., Worley, K.C., Muzny, D.M., Gibbs, R.A., Lathrop, M., Lansu, N., Toonen, P., Ruzius, F.P., de Bruijn, E., Hauser, H., Adams, D.J., Keane, T., Atanur, S.S., Aitman, T.J., Flicek, P., Malinauskas, T., Jones, E.Y., Ekman, D., Lopez-Aumatell, R., Dominiczak, A.F., Johannesson, M., Holmdahl, R., Olsson, T., Gauguier, D., Hubner, N., Fernandez-Teruel, A., Cuppen, E., Mott, R. and Flint, J.
Abstract:Genetic mapping on fully sequenced individuals is transforming understanding of the relationship between molecular variation and variation in complex traits. Here we report a combined sequence and genetic mapping analysis in outbred rats that maps 355 quantitative trait loci for 122 phenotypes. We identify 35 causal genes involved in 31 phenotypes, implicating new genes in models of anxiety, heart disease and multiple sclerosis. The relationship between sequence and genetic variation is unexpectedly complex: at approximately 40% of quantitative trait loci, a single sequence variant cannot account for the phenotypic effect. Using comparable sequence and mapping data from mice, we show that the extent and spatial pattern of variation in inbred rats differ substantially from those of inbred mice and that the genetic variants in orthologous genes rarely contribute to the same phenotype in both species.
Keywords:Anxiety, Chromosome Mapping, DNA Sequence Analysis, Genetic Variation, Heart Diseases, Molecular Models, Multiple Sclerosis, Quantitative Trait Loci, Single Nucleotide Polymorphism, Animals, Mice, Rats
Source:Nature Genetics
ISSN:1061-4036
Publisher:Nature Publishing Group
Volume:45
Number:7
Page Range:767-775
Date:July 2013
Official Publication:https://doi.org/10.1038/ng.2644
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