LINKAGE ANALYSIS AND
GENOTYPING ANALYSIS
REPRESENTED BY – USHA
M.SC. BIOINFORMATICS
SUBMITTED TO – DR. NISHA SINGH
LINKED GENES
LINKAGE
• GENETIC LINKAGE DESCRIBES THE WAY IN WHICH TWO
GENES THAT ARE LOCATED CLOSE TO EACH OTHER ON A
CHROMOSOME ARE OFTEN INHERITED TOGETHER
• GENES ON THE SAME CHROMOSOME ARE SAID TO BE
EXHIBIT LINKAGE AND ARE CALLED LINKED GENES
• LINKAGE IS BASED ON CROSSING OVER FREQUENCY
TYPES OF LINKAGE
ON THE BASIS OF CROSSING OVER
• COMPLETE LINKAGE - THE GENES LOCATED ON THE SAME
CHROMOSOME DO NOT SEPARATE AND ARE INHERITED
TOGETHER OVER THE GENERATIONS DUE TO THE ABSENCE
OF CROSSING OVER
• INCOMPLETE LINKAGE - GENES PRESENT IN THE SAME
CHROMOSOME HAVE A TENDENCY TO SEPARATE DUE TO
CROSSING OVER AND HENCE PRODUCE RECOMBINANT
PROGENY BESIDES THE PARENTAL TYPE
LINKAGE ANALYSIS
• GENETIC LINKAGE
ANALYSIS IS A POWER
TOOL TO DETECT THE
CHROMOSOMAL
LOCATIONS OF DISEASES
GENES
• STATISTICAL METHOD FOR
MAPPING HERITABLE TRAIT
GENES TO THEIR
CHROMOSOME LOCATIONS
LINKAGE ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES
• RECOMBINATION FRACTION
• LOD SCORE
• HALDANE MAPPING FUNCTION
RECOMBINATION FRACTION
• PROBABILITY OF A MARKER AND A SUSCEPTIBILITY LOCUS
SEGREGATING INDEPENDENTLY(MAY BE REPRESENTED AS Θ)
• RATIO OF THE NUMBER OF RECOMBINED GAMETES TO THE
TOTAL NUMBER OF GAMETES PRODUCED
• IF Θ = 0.5 NO LINKAGE
• IF Θ < 0.5 LINKAGE
LOD SCORES
• STATISTICAL MEASURE OF THE LIKELIHOOD OF GENETIC
LINKAGE BETWEEN TWO LOCI
• TEST TO COMPARE THE LIKELIHOOD THAT TWO LOCI ARE
LINKED, VS. THE LIKELIHOOD THAT THE TWO LOCI ARE
UNLINKED
• LOD – LOGARITHM OF THE ODD
LOD SCORE
• LOD CALCULATIONS:
• LOD(Z) = LOG10 = PROBABILITY OF BIRTH SEQUENCES
WITH A GIVEN LINKAGE/PROBABILITY OF BIRTH SEQUENCES
WITH NO LINKAGE
• A LOD SCORE, HIGHER THAN 3.0 IS GENERALLY ACCEPTED
AS EVIDENCE FOR LINKAGE
• A LOD SCORE LOWER THAN -2.0 IS ACCEPTED AS
EVIDENCE AGAINST LINKAGE
MAPPING FUNCTIONS
• MAPPING FUNCTIONS ARE USED TO TRANSLATE
RECOMBINATION FRACTIONS INTO GENETIC DISTANCES
• A GENETIC MAP FUNCTION M GIVES A RELATIONS I.E. R =
M(D), CONNECTING RECOMBINATION FRACTION R AND
GENETIC MAP
HALDANE’S MAPPING FUNCTIONS
ACCORDING TO HALDANE’S
DM = -1/2LN(1-2R) WHERE
• DM IS THE DISTANCE BETWEEN MARKER LOCI,
• R IS THE RECOMBINATION FREQUENCY,
• DM IS EXPRESSED IN MORGAN, SO
• R = ½(1-EXP (-2DM))
TOOL FOR LINKAGE ANALYSIS
• JOINMAP
• VITESSE
• MAPMAKER
• HOMOG
• LOT
• LINKAGEMAPVIEW
GENOTYPING
• PROCESS OF DETERMINING DIFFERENCES BETWEEN
GENOTYPE OF INDIVIDUALS BY EXAMINING DNA
SEQUENCES
• GENOTYPING ENABLES RESEARCHERS TO EXPLORE GENETIC
VARIANTS SUCH AS SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISMS
(SNPS) AND LARGE STRUCTURAL CHANGES IN DNA
GENOTYPING
• WHOLE GENOME GENOTYPING
• TARGETED GENOTYPING
• CUSTOM GENOTYPING
• COPY NUMBER VARIATIONS ANALYSIS
Genotyping Descriptions Tools
Whole genome
genotyping
Provides an overview of
the entire genome,
enabling genome-wide
discoveries and
associations
PLINK
SNPTEST
Targeted genotyping Allows researchers to
focus time and
expenses on specific
regions of interest
GeneChip
Custom genotyping Allows researchers to
focus on genes,
variants, and genomic
regions of interest
Copy number
variations analysis
Include analysis of
CNVs regions
Control-FREEC,
CNVnator,
mrCaNaVaR,
BreakDancer
APPROACHES TO VISUALIZE
GENETIC ALTERATIONS
• ENZYMATIC APPROACHES FOR DISCRIMINATIONS OF
ALLELIC VARIANTS
• ELECTROPHORETIC DISCRIMINATIONS OF ALLELIC
VARIANTS
• SOLID-PHASE DETERMINATIONS OF ALLELIC VARIANTS
• CHROMATOGRAPHIC METHODS FOR DISCRIMINATIONS OF
ALLELIC VARIANTS
• PHYSICAL METHODS FOR DISCRIMINATIONS OF ALLELIC
VARIANTS
• IN-SILICO
Approaches to visualize genetic
Alterations
Methods Included
Enzymatic Approaches for
Discriminations of Allelic Variants
RFLP, AFLP, RAPD
Electrophoretic Discriminations of Allelic
Variants
SSCP, SSR, Fragment
Analysis
Solid-Phase Determinations of allelic
Variants
Oligonucleotide arrays
Chromatographic methods for
discriminations of Allelic Variants
DHPLC
Physical methods for Discriminations of
Allelic Variants
Differential sequence
with mass
spectroscopy,
Fluorescence exchange
based method
In-Silico Analyzing EST Data
RESTRICTION FRAGMENTS
LENGTH POLYMORPHISM
SINGLE STRANDED
CONFORMATIONS
POLYMORPHISM
SSR(SINGLE SEQUENCING
REACTIONS)
DENATURING HIGH
PERFORMANCE LIQUID
CHROMATOGRAPHY
REFERENCES
• PULST SM,GENETIC LINKAGE ANALYSIS.ARCH NEUROL.
1999 JUN;56(6):667-72.
• KRISTENSEN VN, KELEFIOTIS D, KRISTENSEN T, BØRRESEN-
DALE AL.HIGH-THROUGHPUT METHODS FOR DETECTION
OF GENETIC VARIATION.BIOTECHNIQUES. 2001
FEB;30(2):318-22, 324, 326 PASSIM.
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Linkage analysis

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    LINKAGE ANALYSIS AND GENOTYPINGANALYSIS REPRESENTED BY – USHA M.SC. BIOINFORMATICS SUBMITTED TO – DR. NISHA SINGH
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    LINKAGE • GENETIC LINKAGEDESCRIBES THE WAY IN WHICH TWO GENES THAT ARE LOCATED CLOSE TO EACH OTHER ON A CHROMOSOME ARE OFTEN INHERITED TOGETHER • GENES ON THE SAME CHROMOSOME ARE SAID TO BE EXHIBIT LINKAGE AND ARE CALLED LINKED GENES • LINKAGE IS BASED ON CROSSING OVER FREQUENCY
  • 4.
    TYPES OF LINKAGE ONTHE BASIS OF CROSSING OVER • COMPLETE LINKAGE - THE GENES LOCATED ON THE SAME CHROMOSOME DO NOT SEPARATE AND ARE INHERITED TOGETHER OVER THE GENERATIONS DUE TO THE ABSENCE OF CROSSING OVER • INCOMPLETE LINKAGE - GENES PRESENT IN THE SAME CHROMOSOME HAVE A TENDENCY TO SEPARATE DUE TO CROSSING OVER AND HENCE PRODUCE RECOMBINANT PROGENY BESIDES THE PARENTAL TYPE
  • 5.
    LINKAGE ANALYSIS • GENETICLINKAGE ANALYSIS IS A POWER TOOL TO DETECT THE CHROMOSOMAL LOCATIONS OF DISEASES GENES • STATISTICAL METHOD FOR MAPPING HERITABLE TRAIT GENES TO THEIR CHROMOSOME LOCATIONS
  • 6.
    LINKAGE ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES •RECOMBINATION FRACTION • LOD SCORE • HALDANE MAPPING FUNCTION
  • 7.
    RECOMBINATION FRACTION • PROBABILITYOF A MARKER AND A SUSCEPTIBILITY LOCUS SEGREGATING INDEPENDENTLY(MAY BE REPRESENTED AS Θ) • RATIO OF THE NUMBER OF RECOMBINED GAMETES TO THE TOTAL NUMBER OF GAMETES PRODUCED • IF Θ = 0.5 NO LINKAGE • IF Θ < 0.5 LINKAGE
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    LOD SCORES • STATISTICALMEASURE OF THE LIKELIHOOD OF GENETIC LINKAGE BETWEEN TWO LOCI • TEST TO COMPARE THE LIKELIHOOD THAT TWO LOCI ARE LINKED, VS. THE LIKELIHOOD THAT THE TWO LOCI ARE UNLINKED • LOD – LOGARITHM OF THE ODD
  • 9.
    LOD SCORE • LODCALCULATIONS: • LOD(Z) = LOG10 = PROBABILITY OF BIRTH SEQUENCES WITH A GIVEN LINKAGE/PROBABILITY OF BIRTH SEQUENCES WITH NO LINKAGE • A LOD SCORE, HIGHER THAN 3.0 IS GENERALLY ACCEPTED AS EVIDENCE FOR LINKAGE • A LOD SCORE LOWER THAN -2.0 IS ACCEPTED AS EVIDENCE AGAINST LINKAGE
  • 10.
    MAPPING FUNCTIONS • MAPPINGFUNCTIONS ARE USED TO TRANSLATE RECOMBINATION FRACTIONS INTO GENETIC DISTANCES • A GENETIC MAP FUNCTION M GIVES A RELATIONS I.E. R = M(D), CONNECTING RECOMBINATION FRACTION R AND GENETIC MAP
  • 11.
    HALDANE’S MAPPING FUNCTIONS ACCORDINGTO HALDANE’S DM = -1/2LN(1-2R) WHERE • DM IS THE DISTANCE BETWEEN MARKER LOCI, • R IS THE RECOMBINATION FREQUENCY, • DM IS EXPRESSED IN MORGAN, SO • R = ½(1-EXP (-2DM))
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    TOOL FOR LINKAGEANALYSIS • JOINMAP • VITESSE • MAPMAKER • HOMOG • LOT • LINKAGEMAPVIEW
  • 13.
    GENOTYPING • PROCESS OFDETERMINING DIFFERENCES BETWEEN GENOTYPE OF INDIVIDUALS BY EXAMINING DNA SEQUENCES • GENOTYPING ENABLES RESEARCHERS TO EXPLORE GENETIC VARIANTS SUCH AS SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISMS (SNPS) AND LARGE STRUCTURAL CHANGES IN DNA
  • 14.
    GENOTYPING • WHOLE GENOMEGENOTYPING • TARGETED GENOTYPING • CUSTOM GENOTYPING • COPY NUMBER VARIATIONS ANALYSIS
  • 15.
    Genotyping Descriptions Tools Wholegenome genotyping Provides an overview of the entire genome, enabling genome-wide discoveries and associations PLINK SNPTEST Targeted genotyping Allows researchers to focus time and expenses on specific regions of interest GeneChip Custom genotyping Allows researchers to focus on genes, variants, and genomic regions of interest Copy number variations analysis Include analysis of CNVs regions Control-FREEC, CNVnator, mrCaNaVaR, BreakDancer
  • 16.
    APPROACHES TO VISUALIZE GENETICALTERATIONS • ENZYMATIC APPROACHES FOR DISCRIMINATIONS OF ALLELIC VARIANTS • ELECTROPHORETIC DISCRIMINATIONS OF ALLELIC VARIANTS • SOLID-PHASE DETERMINATIONS OF ALLELIC VARIANTS • CHROMATOGRAPHIC METHODS FOR DISCRIMINATIONS OF ALLELIC VARIANTS • PHYSICAL METHODS FOR DISCRIMINATIONS OF ALLELIC VARIANTS • IN-SILICO
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    Approaches to visualizegenetic Alterations Methods Included Enzymatic Approaches for Discriminations of Allelic Variants RFLP, AFLP, RAPD Electrophoretic Discriminations of Allelic Variants SSCP, SSR, Fragment Analysis Solid-Phase Determinations of allelic Variants Oligonucleotide arrays Chromatographic methods for discriminations of Allelic Variants DHPLC Physical methods for Discriminations of Allelic Variants Differential sequence with mass spectroscopy, Fluorescence exchange based method In-Silico Analyzing EST Data
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    REFERENCES • PULST SM,GENETICLINKAGE ANALYSIS.ARCH NEUROL. 1999 JUN;56(6):667-72. • KRISTENSEN VN, KELEFIOTIS D, KRISTENSEN T, BØRRESEN- DALE AL.HIGH-THROUGHPUT METHODS FOR DETECTION OF GENETIC VARIATION.BIOTECHNIQUES. 2001 FEB;30(2):318-22, 324, 326 PASSIM.
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