Phenotypes and Genotypes: The Search for Influential Genes

by Florian Frommlet, Malgorzata Bogdan, David Ramsey

Overview

This timely text presents a comprehensive guide to genetic association, a new and rapidly expanding field that aims to elucidate how our genetic code (genotypes) influences the traits we possess (phenotypes). The book provides a detailed review of methods of gene mapping used in association with experimental crosses, as well as genome-wide association studies. Emphasis is placed on model selection procedures for analyzing data from large-scale genome scans based on specifically designed modifications of the Bayesian information criterion. Features: presents a thorough introduction to the theoretical background to studies of genetic association (both genetic and statistical); reviews the latest advances in the field; illustrates the properties of methods for mapping quantitative trait loci using computer simulations and the analysis of real data; discusses open challenges; includes an extensive statistical appendix as a reference for those who are not totally familiar with the fundamentals of statistics.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781447153092
Publisher:	Springer London
Publication date:	02/13/2016
Series:	Computational Biology , #18
Edition description:	1st ed. 2016
Pages:	222
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

About the Author

Dr. Florian Frommlet is a researcher in the Center for Medical Statistics, Informatics, and Intelligent Systems at the Medical University of Vienna, Austria.

Dr. Małgorzata Bogdan is an Associate Professor in the Institute of Mathematics at Wrocław University, Poland.

Dr. David Ramsey is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Operations Research at Wrocław University of Technology, Poland.

Table of Contents

Introduction.- A Primer in Genetics.- Statistical Methods in High Dimensions.- Statistical Methods of QTL Mapping for Experimental Populations.- Statistical Analysis of GWAS.- Appendix A: Basic Statistical Distributions.- Appendix B: Basic Methods of Estimation.- Appendix C: Principles of Statistical Testing.- Appendix D: Elements of Bayesian Statistics.- Appendix E: Other Statistical Methods.