Systems genetics approaches to understand complex traits

M Civelek, AJ Lusis - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2014‏ - nature.com
Abstract Systems genetics is an approach to understand the flow of biological information
that underlies complex traits. It uses a range of experimental and statistical methods to …

The genetics of quantitative traits: challenges and prospects

TFC Mackay, EA Stone, JF Ayroles - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2009‏ - nature.com
A major challenge in current biology is to understand the genetic basis of variation for
quantitative traits. We review the principles of quantitative trait locus map** and …

Comparison of RNA-Seq and microarray in transcriptome profiling of activated T cells

S Zhao, WP Fung-Leung, A Bittner, K Ngo, X Liu - PloS one, 2014‏ - journals.plos.org
To demonstrate the benefits of RNA-Seq over microarray in transcriptome profiling, both
RNA-Seq and microarray analyses were performed on RNA samples from a human T cell …

RNA-seq: an assessment of technical reproducibility and comparison with gene expression arrays

JC Marioni, CE Mason, SM Mane, M Stephens… - Genome …, 2008‏ - genome.cshlp.org
Ultra-high-throughput sequencing is emerging as an attractive alternative to microarrays for
genoty**, analysis of methylation patterns, and identification of transcription factor binding …

Systems genetics of complex traits in Drosophila melanogaster

JF Ayroles, MA Carbone, EA Stone, KW Jordan… - Nature …, 2009‏ - nature.com
Determining the genetic architecture of complex traits is challenging because phenotypic
variation arises from interactions between multiple, environmentally sensitive alleles. We …

Integrated genomic approaches implicate osteoglycin (Ogn) in the regulation of left ventricular mass

E Petretto, R Sarwar, I Grieve, H Lu, MK Kumaran… - Nature …, 2008‏ - nature.com
Left ventricular mass (LVM) and cardiac gene expression are complex traits regulated by
factors both intrinsic and extrinsic to the heart. To dissect the major determinants of LVM, we …

Advantages of RNA‐seq compared to RNA microarrays for transcriptome profiling of anterior cruciate ligament tears

MF Rai, ED Tycksen, LJ Sandell… - Journal of Orthopaedic …, 2018‏ - Wiley Online Library
Microarrays and RNA‐seq are at the forefront of high throughput transcriptome analyses.
Since these methodologies are based on different principles, there are concerns about the …

Harnessing naturally randomized transcription to infer regulatory relationships among genes

LS Chen, F Emmert-Streib, JD Storey - Genome biology, 2007‏ - Springer
We develop an approach utilizing randomized genotypes to rigorously infer causal
regulatory relationships among genes at the transcriptional level, based on experiments in …

The influence of genetic variation on gene expression

RBH Williams, EKF Chan, MJ Cowley… - Genome …, 2007‏ - genome.cshlp.org
The view that changes to the control of gene expression rather than alterations to protein
sequence are central to the evolution of organisms has become something of a truism in …

Effects of cocaine, nicotine, and marijuana exposure in Drosophila melanogaster development: a systematic review and meta-analysis

JF Dos Santos, IRR Brito, IS de Melo… - Progress in Neuro …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Abuse-related drug usage is a public health issue. Drosophila melanogaster has been used
as an animal model to study the biological effects of these psychoactive substances in …