Departure from Hardy Weinberg equilibrium and gnotyping error

Objective: Departure from Hardy Weinberg Equilibrium (HWE) may occur due to a variety of causes, including purifying selection, inbreeding, population substructure, copy number variation or genotyping error. We searched for specific characteristics of HWE-departure due to genotyping error. Methods:...

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Hauptverfasser: Chen, Bowang (VerfasserIn) , Cole, John W. (VerfasserIn) , Grond-Ginsbach, Caspar (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Article (Journal)
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2017
In: Frontiers in genetics
Year: 2017, Jahrgang: 8, Pages: 1-6
ISSN:1664-8021
DOI:10.3389/fgene.2017.00167
Online-Zugang:Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2017.00167
Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fgene.2017.00167/full
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Verfasserangaben:Bowang Chen, John W. Cole and Caspar Grond-Ginsbach
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Zusammenfassung:Objective: Departure from Hardy Weinberg Equilibrium (HWE) may occur due to a variety of causes, including purifying selection, inbreeding, population substructure, copy number variation or genotyping error. We searched for specific characteristics of HWE-departure due to genotyping error. Methods: Genotypes of a random set of genetic variants were obtained from the Exome Aggregation Consortium (ExAC) database. Variants with 98%, LoH d-HWE was found in 29 (1.3%) variants, but no GoH d-HWE was detected. The findings of the non-random distribution of HWE-violating SNPs along the chromosome, the association with common deletion polymorphisms and indel-variant type, and the finding of excess heterozygotes in genomic regions that are prone to cross-hybridization were confirmed in a large sample of short variants from the 1000 Genomes Project. Conclusions: We differentiated between two types of HWE-departure. GoH d-HWE was suggestive for genotyping error. LoH d-HWE, on the contrary, pointed to natural variabilities such as population substructure or common deletion polymorphisms.
Beschreibung:Published: 31 October 2017
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ISSN:1664-8021
DOI:10.3389/fgene.2017.00167