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Modern simulation utilities for genetic analysis.

Sarah S Ji¹, Christopher A German¹, Kenneth Lange^2,3

¹Department of Biostatistics, University of California, Los Angeles, 90095, USA.

BMC Bioinformatics

|May 4, 2021

Summary

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TraitSimulation is a new Julia package for simulating complex genetic traits, offering faster and more flexible phenotype simulations for modern big studies. It supports generalized linear models and various study designs for improved power calculations.

Keywords:

Power Realistic genetic models Statistical genetics Trait simulation

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Area of Science:

Genetics
Computational Biology
Bioinformatics

Background:

Statistical geneticists require advanced simulation tools for study design, analysis, and causal model evaluation.
Existing phenotype simulators often lack flexibility, being limited to Gaussian traits and neglecting realistic, non-normal distributions.
Modern computational languages like Julia offer parallelization and efficiency crucial for contemporary big data studies in genetics.

Purpose of the Study:

To introduce TraitSimulation, an open-source Julia package for flexible and efficient phenotype simulation.
To provide a tool that accommodates complex genetic architectures, diverse trait distributions, and various study designs.
To facilitate the adoption of modern computational tools in statistical genetics for improved study power calculations and diagnostics.

Main Methods:

Developed TraitSimulation as an open-source package in the Julia programming language.
Integrated TraitSimulation with the OpenMendel suite for seamless downstream analyses.
Implemented support for generalized linear models (GLMs) and generalized linear mixed models (GLMMs), accommodating various study designs (unrelateds, sibships, pedigrees).

Main Results:

TraitSimulation enables rapid simulation of phenotypes under diverse genetic architectures with high computational efficiency and memory management.
The package supports flexible trait simulation, including non-normal and qualitative traits, and various study designs.
Step-by-step instructions and reproducible research examples are provided via Jupyter notebooks on Github.

Conclusions:

TraitSimulation leverages Julia's computational power for fast and straightforward simulation of complex genetic models (GLMs, GLMMs).
The package offers integration within the OpenMendel analysis pipeline but can be used independently.
By enabling more realistic phenotype models, TraitSimulation enhances the accuracy of power calculations and diagnostic tools for genetic studies.