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转基因对基因表达的影响可以驱动全基因遗传
Xuanyao Liu1, Yang I Li2, Jonathan K Pritchard3
1Section of Genetic Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
Cell
|May 4, 2019
概括
大多数复杂的特征可遗传性来自许多常见的遗传变异,其影响很小. 一个新的模型通过将遗传贡献分为直接和间接影响来解释这一点,强调了外围基因在复杂的特征架构中的作用.
科学领域:
- 遗传学
- 复杂的遗传学
- 系统生物学
背景情况:
- 早期的全基因组关联研究 (GWAS) 显示,常见的变体具有较小的影响,可以解释复杂特征的大部分遗传性.
- 现有的模型很难完全解释这种观察到的遗传结构.
- 需要新的理论框架来理解复杂特征的遗传基础.
研究的目的:
- 提出一个正式的模型,将遗传贡献分为复杂的特征.
- 解释小影响的众多常见变异如何驱动大量遗传性.
- 研究直接和间接遗传影响在特征决定中的作用.
主要方法:
- 一个正式的遗传模型的开发.
- 将遗传贡献分为直接 (核心基因) 和间接 (外围基因) 影响.
- 通过外围基因对核心基因表达产生跨eQTLSNP的影响.
主要成果:
- 该模型表明遗传性在很大程度上是由间接作用的弱跨eQTLSNP驱动的.
- 外围基因变异可以放大对核心基因的影响,特别是当核心基因被共同调节时.
- 这种机制解释了多种变异如何共同对特征遗传性产生微小的影响.
结论:
- 提出的模型为理解复杂特征的架构提供了一个框架.
- 通过外围基因介导的弱转基因变异是遗传性的关键驱动因素.
- 核心基因的共同调节可以扩大外围基因变异对复杂特征的影响.
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