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Huiying Gong1, Sheng Zhu2, Xuli Zhu3
1College of Science, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China.
Abstract:
The effects of genes on physiological and biochemical processes are interrelated and interdependent; it is common for genes to express pleiotropic control of complex traits. However, the study of gene expression and participating pathways in vivo at the whole-genome level is challenging. Here, we develop a coupled regulatory interaction differential equation to assess overall and independent genetic effects on trait growth. Based on evolutionary game theory and developmental modularity theory, we constructed multilayer, omnigenic networks of bidirectional, weighted, and positive or negative epistatic interactions using a forest poplar tree mapping population, which were organized into metagalactic, intergalactic, and local interstellar networks that describe layers of structure between modules, submodules, and individual single nucleotide polymorphisms, respectively. These multilayer interactomes enable the exploration of complex interactions between genes, and the analysis of not only differential expression of quantitative trait loci but also previously uncharacterized determinant SNPs, which are negatively regulated by other SNPs, based on the deconstruction of genetic effects to their component parts. Our research framework provides a tool to comprehend the pleiotropic control of complex traits and explores the inherent directional connections between genes in the structure of omnigenic networks.
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