Iterative Usage of Fixed and Random Effect Models for Powerful and Efficient Genome-Wide Association Studies

False positives in a Genome-Wide Association Study (GWAS) can be effectively controlled by a fixed effect and random effect Mixed Linear Model (MLM) that incorporates population structure and kinship among individuals to adjust association tests on markers; however, the adjustment also compromises t...

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Vydáno v:PLoS genetics Ročník 12; číslo 2; s. e1005767
Hlavní autoři: Liu, Xiaolei, Huang, Meng, Fan, Bin, Buckler, Edward S., Zhang, Zhiwu
Médium: Journal Article
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: United States Public Library of Science 01.02.2016
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ISSN:1553-7404, 1553-7390, 1553-7404
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Shrnutí:False positives in a Genome-Wide Association Study (GWAS) can be effectively controlled by a fixed effect and random effect Mixed Linear Model (MLM) that incorporates population structure and kinship among individuals to adjust association tests on markers; however, the adjustment also compromises true positives. The modified MLM method, Multiple Loci Linear Mixed Model (MLMM), incorporates multiple markers simultaneously as covariates in a stepwise MLM to partially remove the confounding between testing markers and kinship. To completely eliminate the confounding, we divided MLMM into two parts: Fixed Effect Model (FEM) and a Random Effect Model (REM) and use them iteratively. FEM contains testing markers, one at a time, and multiple associated markers as covariates to control false positives. To avoid model over-fitting problem in FEM, the associated markers are estimated in REM by using them to define kinship. The P values of testing markers and the associated markers are unified at each iteration. We named the new method as Fixed and random model Circulating Probability Unification (FarmCPU). Both real and simulated data analyses demonstrated that FarmCPU improves statistical power compared to current methods. Additional benefits include an efficient computing time that is linear to both number of individuals and number of markers. Now, a dataset with half million individuals and half million markers can be analyzed within three days.
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Conceived and designed the experiments: ZZ BF ESB. Performed the experiments: XL. Analyzed the data: XL MH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: XL ZZ. Wrote the paper: ZZ XL. Supervised the design of the study: ZZ BF ESB.
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
ISSN:1553-7404
1553-7390
1553-7404
DOI:10.1371/journal.pgen.1005767