Historical views of heredity and inheritance
Bricks and mortar theory by Hippocrates - Elements are originated from all parts of the body and became concentrated in male semen. This will be developed and formed into human in the womb - Inheritance is an acquired characteristics
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Blueprint theory by Aristotle - Transmission of information from parents to offspring - Heredity is partly assymetric - Transmission is particulate (definitely one trait or another)
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Lamarckian Inheritance - To explain while some features persisted while others disappeared - Traits acquired/ lost when depends on need
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Modern genetics introduced by Darwin and Mendel
Darwin's blending inheritance - Offspring inherit the parents' average characteristic - All parts of the parents can contribute to the evolution and development of the offspring (Pangenesis)
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Mendel's particulate inheritance 1. Law of segregation 2. Law of independent assortment 3. Law of dominance
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Exception to independent assortment - Linked genes Genes can be linked together if it is located close together on the same chromosome
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Rediscovery of Mendel's work
Allele One of two or more versions of DNA sequence at a given genomic location
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Conflict between Mendelian and Biometrician
Debates between Mendelian and Biometrician - Do the hereditary and evolutionary properties for a trait like height were the same as those for Mendel's peas? - Whether inheritance of complex trait was by 'blending' of parental phenotypes (Darwin) which was seen as different to the inheritance of discrete characters as in Mendel's peas
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Biuometrician's claim Traits are continuous (Blending inheritance) and heritable
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Mendelian's claim Mendelian genetics work in inheritance
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Achondroplasia <90cm height
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Marfan Syndrome >200cm height
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Emergence of Biometrical genetics
Whar are Galton's claims in trait hereditary? 1. Traits like height, weight, arm length are normally distributed, not binary 2. Traits are resemble between parents and offspring
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Galton's claim(1): Traits are "normally distributed" means 1. A trait has a mean value given a population 2. A trait can be subject to mathematical transformation
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What Galton use to study continuous variation in organism? - Regression - Correlation
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Galton's claim(2): Traits are resemble between parents and offspring - When measuring the height of parents and offspring, the mid-parental height has almost no deviation to their offspring height - Therefore, traits are resemble between parents and offspring
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Brownlee's Multi-Gene model to explain Mendelian inheritance in the blending inheritance model 1. Parents and Child: 0.5 correlation because parents transmit 50% of their genome to their child 2. Parents and Grandchild: 0.25 correlation 3. Parents and Great-grandchild: 0.125 correlation - These correlations are based on Mendelian's segregation law
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Polygenic Model
Fisher`s Infinitesimal model - Polygenic inheritance :A quantitative trait could be explained by Mendelian inheritance if several genes affect the trait - Include additive and dominant factors - Resemblance between relatives occur due to their genetic covariance
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Fisher's single locus model Assume: 1. Dominant allele is not known 2. A locus either follows dominant or additive - Used to determine whether the locus follow dominant or additive
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Fisher's single locus model, assume A2A2= -a and A1A1= a 1. If d>0 : A1 is dominant to A2 2. If d<0 A2 is dominant to A1 3. If d=a/-a: Complete dominance (Heterozygote) 4. If d=a/-a: Over-dominance 5. If d=0: Locus is additive
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Continuous distribution of quantitative traits Alleles in our genome is limited but environmental factors are not. Therefore, traits are also influenced by environmental factors
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Fisher's partitioning variance Genetic and non-genetic factors
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Three genetic factors (G) 1. Additive (A) 2. Dominance 3. Epistasis: Interaction between additive factors/ additive - dominant factors
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Non-genetic factor Environment (E)
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Phenotypic variance (P) Interaction between genetic and environmental factors (GxE) 2. P= G+E+GxE
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Heritability How much of the variation in a trait is due to variation in genetic factors (G)
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Genetic Architecture - Composition of various genetic factors upon a phenotype - Include additive, dominance and epiptasis
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Genetics To identify genetic factor associated with traits/disease but also study the contribution of a genetic factors
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Trait is not dichotomy (contrast between two things) The features of an organisms are due to the individual's genotype and environment
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Allele
Allele and Allele frequencies - Proportion of chromosomes in population carrying the allele of traits/disease - Different combination of alleles determine traits or diseases - Allele frequencies indicate the proportion of observed genotypes in a given population
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Allele transmission to next generation - Same with Mendel's first law - Totally independent and not influenced by environmental factors
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Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium
Do segregation in Mendelian inheritance law affected by the segregant (allele)? No. This is called "stable"
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Hardy-Weinberg principle - Assumed that allele frequencies will not change from generation to generation - p2+2pq+q2=1 - p+q=1
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Assumptions of Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium 1. Random mating 2. No natural selection 3. Equal genotype frequencies in two sexes 4. No mutation/migration 5. No differential viability 6. Infinite population size However, all of these are not realistic!
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Mendelian segregation Preserved in any organism with sexual reproduction regardless of allele frequency in the population
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Chi-Square Test
Chi square Use statistics to determine whether a locus of interest is under HWE or not
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Null hypothesis There is no difference between observed value and the expected value
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Degree of freedom (DF) - Number of phenotypic possibilities in the cross - Example DF: 3(AA,Aa,aa)-1=2 - If the level of significance read from the table is greater than 0.05/5%, the null hypothesis is not rejected
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When the null hypothesis is supported by analysis Assumptions 1. Mating is random 2. Normal gene segregation 3. Independent assortment
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When the null hypothesis is not supported by analysis Assumptions 1. Non-random occur 2. Genes are not randomly segregating because they are linked on the same chromosome/inherited together.
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Introduction of Heritability
Model to describe heritability 1. Fisher's model 2. Falconer's model
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Falconer's Model Mathematical formula used in twin studies to estimate the relative contribution of genetics vs environment to variation in a particular trait - Heritability of the trait based on the difference between twin correlations - Heritability=2(rMZ-rMD) - Where r=concordance of the phenotype, MZ=Monozygotic Twins, DZ= Dizygotic twins
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Heritability
Phenotypic similarity in family depends on 1. Genetic relationship 2. Traits
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Total phenotypic variance for a character? - VP=VG+VE - Combined effects of genotypic and environmental variance
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Genetic variance (VG) - The variance among the mean phenotypes of different genotypes -Additive genetic variance(VA): Variation due to the additive effects of alleles - Dominance genetic variation (VD): Variation due to dominance relationships among alleles - Epistatic genetic variation (VI): Variation due to interactions among loci
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Environmental variance (VE) The variance among phenotypes expressed by replicate members of the same genotype - Differences between monozygotic twins are due to environmental factors
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Dominance genetic variance (VD) Due to dominance deviations which describe the extent to which heterozygotes are not exactly intermediate between the homozygotes
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Additive genetic variance (VA) - Responsible for the resemblance between parents and offspring - The basis for the response to selection
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Degree of relatedness and the components of phenotypic covariance 1. Identical twins: VA+VD+VE 2. Parent-offspring:1/2VA 3. Full siblings:1/2VA+1/4VD+VE 4. Grandparent-Grandchild:1/4VA
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Heritability of a trait - A measure of the degree resemblance between relatives - Estimates the degree of variation in a phenotypic trait in a population that is due to genetic variation between individuals in that population that is due to genetic variation between individuals in that population
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Narrow sense heritability (h2) The proportion of trait variance that is due to additive genetic factors
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Broad sense heritability (H2) The proportion of trait variance that is due to all genetic factors including VD, VA, VI
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Normal Distribution
Two quantities that describe a normal distribution 1. Mean 2. Variance
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Deviation - Distribution of a trait in a population= Proportion of individuals that have each of the possible phenotypes - In normal distribution, half points are above and half points are below mean - One standard deviation are located in the mean - The distribution of a trait in a population implies nothing about its inheritance
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Covariance A measure of the joint variability of two random variables (trait) - Example: Measure the height deviation of father and son in a population
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Resemblance between family members - When there is genetic variation for a character, there will be a resemblance between relatives - Relatives will have more similar trait values to each other compared to unrelated individuals
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Resemblance between relatives -Depends on the degree of relationship - Use slope, not correlation coefficients to compute resemblance of family members - Identical twin=100%, Full siblings=50%, Parent-offspring=50%, Half-sibling=25%
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Morgan Experiment
Morgan's experiment Proved that chromosomes are the location of Mendel's heritable factors from his fly experiment
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Centimorgan The frequency of crossing over
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Linkage Map/ Genetic Map If the frequency of how often genes crossover is known, the percentage can be used to estimate how far apart the genes are from one another on a chromosome
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Genes
Definition of gene - A core unit of the heredity that control the development of a trait - Mendel's "discrete particle" in particulate inheritance actually indicated the concept of "gene" - Those consist of DNA sequences and produces functional elements
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How many genes can make protein in human? 20,000 genes make proteins and most of them involve in determining traits
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Genotype The part of the genetic makeup of a cell which determine one of its characteristics
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Phenotype The set of observable characteristics of an individual resulting from the interaction of its genotype with the environment
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Components in a gene Gene contain exons, introns, UTRs and promoter in its transcript - Gene can have various transcripts due to alternative splicing
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Exon A region of a trascribed gene present in the final functional RNA molecule
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Intron Any nucleotide sequence within a gene that is removed by RNA splicing during maturation of the final RNA product
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UTR Either of two sections, one on each side of a coding sequence on a strand of mRNA
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Promoter The section of DNA that controls the initiation of RNA transcription as a product of a gene
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Cells and Chromosomes
Where does genetic recombination occur in meiosis? In meiosis I and it occur between Prophase I and Metaphase I
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Pros of asexual reproduction - Produce more offspring as it takes less time - Require less energy
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Cons of asexual reproduction - No variation in offspring - Less variation in population - Mutation can slightly increase variations - Fragile to environmental change
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Pros of sexual reproduction - Increase variation in offspring - More resistant to many environmental forces because of genetic variation
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Cons of sexual reproduction - Require two organisms for mating - Requires more cellular energy -More time required for offspring development
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Elements in Chromosomes
Ploidy Number of homologous sets of chromosomes in a cell
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Locus A fixed position on a chromosome that may be occupied by one or more gene
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The nuclear genome Consist of 6 billion nucleotides in 46 chromosomes
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Chromosomes
Hereditary factors Genes and allele that are located on chromosomes
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Autosomal chromosomes/ autosomes Pairs number 1 to 22
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Sex chromosomes/ somatic cells Pair number 23
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Mitochondrial chromosomes in mitochondria - Haploid - Maternal transmission
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Karyotype - Visualize chromosome shapes, structures and behaviors of chromosomes during cell division - Autosomes in metaphase are arranged from the longest to shortest and from number 1 to 22 - Chromosomes number 23 are either XX/XY - p arm=short, q arm= not p
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Mutation
Saltationists Claim that evolution take place suddenly (saltating)( so that change instantaneous transition into a new species
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Gradualists Believe gradual process of evolution given large-scale variability in a population
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Gene can be defined in terms of their behavior as fundamental units based on: 1. Hereditary Transmission 2. Genetic recombination 3. Mutation 4. Gene function
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Darwinian view on mutation - Most mutations have an impact on certain traits - Natural selection is the primary force of evolution
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Post-Mendelian geneticists' view on mutation Natural selection plays little or modest role but occurrence of mutation would be a major evolution force
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"Hopeful Monster" hypothesis by Richard Goldschmidt - Macroevolution through macromutations - Called "Hopeful Monsters" because they were the embodiment of large phenotypic changes that had the potential to succeed as new species (saltation) - Change early development and thus cause large effects in the adult phenotype
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Developmental macromutations Mutations in developmentally important genes could produce large phenotypic effects
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Neo-Darwinism - Natural selection is assumed to play much more important role than mutation - Creating new characters in the presence of genetic recombination
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Kimura's view: Neutral mutation - The rate of substitution is so high that if each mutation improved fitness, the gap between the most fit and typical genotype would be large - This rapid rate of mutation means that the majority of the mutations were neutral - Mutations had little/ no effect on the fitness of the organism - Not all mutations affect on/ completely determine our trait, including diseases
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Mutation is an old term Describe the situation for permanent change in evolutionary process
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Variant - The change in the nucleotide sequences - Since a change in nucleotide sequence may not be permanent, variants are often called: genetic variant, variation or genetic variation
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Polymorphism Describe a variant with a frequency above 1% but broadly variants that we know the frequency in certain population
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Mutation
Saltationists Claim that evolution take place suddenly (saltating)( so that change instantaneous transition into a new species
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Gradualists Believe gradual process of evolution given large-scale variability in a population
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Mutation and Population
Out of Africa Theory - Explains the origin of modern human beings - A small subset of this population migrated out in the past 100,000 years and rapidly expanded throughout a broad geographical region
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Non-Afracan populations have different variant frequency due to 1. Bottleneck 2. Long migration history
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Coalescent Theory - Two sample lineages find common ancestor - A model how an allele sampled from a population may have originated from a common ancestor
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Stochastic When coalescence occurs is a stochastic (random probability( process
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Genomic study of population structure
Implications of HapMap project and 1000 Genome Project - Variant frequency is uniquely represented in each population so can identify the population structure - Genomic data are useful and fundamental resource to identify genes associated with disease and genetic variant in patients
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Genomic study of population structure
Implications of HapMap project and 1000 Genome Project - Variant frequency is uniquely represented in each population so can identify the population structure - Genomic data are useful and fundamental resource to identify genes associated with disease and genetic variant in patients
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Genetic variant by size
SNV - Single Nucleotide Variant - Substitution of one/another base pair at a particular location in the genome - Also called SNP if the allele frequency in a population is known - A point mutation because it only affects a single nucleotide of nucleic acid - There are 3,500,000 SNVs per individual (more in African) - Everyone have different compositions of SNVs so there us variability in traits - The ratio of heterozygous and homozygous SNVs is 2:1
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Indel - Insertion/Deletion - 1-1000bp changes in our genome - There are ~300,000 to 600,000, indels per individual (more in African) - Less than SNVs as indels have a large phenotypic effect than SNVs so more selective pressure
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Indels can be divided to 1. Microsatellite polymorphism 2. Mobile element insertion polymorphism
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Microsatellite polymorphism 2-4 nucleotide unit repeated in tandem 5-24 times
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Mobile element insertion polymorphism Cause human genetic diversity through retrotransposition - Involves transcription into RNA - Reverse transcription into DNA sequence - Insertion into another site in genome
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SV - Structural variant - A genomic change >1000bp
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SV can be divided to 1. Copy Number Variant (CNV) - Deletion/Duplication 2. Copy Number Neutral Variants (CNNV) - Inversion/Insertion/ Translocation
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Small variants SNVs and indels
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Large variants SVs
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SV in the gnomAD project - Represent population structure as small variants - More singleton SVs are observed in larger SVs - Singleton: The variant only seen in an individual (rare) Rare: It's under strong natural selection so only seen in few individuals - Size of SVs are correlated with the effect size of SVs
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Genetic variant by size
SNV - Single Nucleotide Variant - Substitution of one/another base pair at a particular location in the genome - Also called SNP if the allele frequency in a population is known - A point mutation because it only affects a single nucleotide of nucleic acid - There are 3,500,000 SNVs per individual (more in African) - Everyone have different compositions of SNVs so there us variability in traits - The ratio of heterozygous and homozygous SNVs is 2:1
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Indel - Insertion/Deletion - 1-1000bp changes in our genome - There are ~300,000 to 600,000, indels per individual (more in African) - Less than SNVs as indels have a large phenotypic effect than SNVs so more selective pressure
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Genetic variant by Frequency
Selection and Frequency |
- Natural selection work on trait so the frequency of variants that contribute to trait can be changed - Level of natural selection is varied by traits and diseases - Some traits are favored by selection, therefore, the frequency variants increase - According to Polygenic model, a single variant is lilkely contributing partially/highly partially to a trait. Therefore, there is a wide range of the frequency of variants |
Selection and Allele Frequency |
- Allele frequencies can be changed by selection - Increase beneficial alleles and removes deleterious one - Traits not favored over mating are likely under natural selection (high selective pressure) - Natural selection tends to make allele with higher fitness more common over time, resulting in Darwinian evolution |
Fecundity |
- Based on fertility ratio (FR) - Lower fecundity: Higher selective pressure on the trait - If a trait is not suited to mating/.reproduction, allele for this trait disappeared in a population - Similar to reproductive fitness |
FR |
Calculated based on the number of children individuals in that group had compared with the general population - If a disease have 0.5 FR, they have average half as many children as the general population |
Penetrance |
The proportion of individuals carrying a particular variant of a gene that also express an associated trait |
Fitness |
- Determine the allele frequency in population - If fitness is not affected by variant, it will be remained in a population, ultimately increasing its frequency |
Genetic variant by Transmission
Type of genetic variants by transmission mode 1. Inherited variants 2. De novo variants 3. Somatic variants
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De novo variants - new variants arise during cell division - different nucleotide changes compared to DNA template - Errors are not present in genome thus called de novo=new - Errors in somatic cell: de novo somatic variants - Errors in germ cells: de novo germline variants
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Mutability/Mutation rates How much errors are occured during replication
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Mutation signatures The pattern of somatic mutations in disease
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Human germline mutation rate 1.0~1.5x 10-8 bp per generation
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How many total of de novo variant from mother and father ? - ~70 de novo variants - 80% of de novo variants are from father's sperm
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Main contributor to de novo variants - Advanced parental age - Father is higher than mother- Because spermatogonial cells continue to divide throughout life which allow the progressive accumulation of mutations due to errors during DNA replication/failure to repair non-replicative DNA damage between cell divisions
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Rarest variants Have greatest potential to carry for disorders
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Variant frequency and its penetrance for disease - Inverse relationship - Allele frequency is low but penetrance is high
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Genetic variant by consequence
Missense variants Single base pairs substitution produce different amino acid
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Trucating variants A genetic variant which results in a shorter version of the protein being produced
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Nonsense mediated decay Destroys the mRNA leading to no protein
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Noncoding variants - Variants located outside the coding regions - Located in promoters, transcription factor binding sites, enchancers
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Protein isoform Protein that are similar to each other and perform similar roles within the cells
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Variant annotation - The process of assigning functional information to DNA variants - Can be varied by transcript - A gene can have more than one transcript
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Two schemes for variant annotation 1. Per gene annotation: Choose the most critical consequence by the variant per gene 2. Per-transcript annotation: All consequence for every transcript
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Linkage Disequilibrium and Haplotype
Linkage disequilibrium (LD) - Non-random association of alleles at two or more loci in a given population - LD between two alleles is related to time of the mutation events, genetic distance and population history - LD around an ancestral mutation on founder chromosome
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Haplotype A group of alleles in an organism that are inherited together from a single parent
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