Joint detection of copy number variations in parent-offspring trios
Author(s) -
Yongzhuang Liu,
Jian Liu,
Jianguo Lü,
Jiajie Peng,
Liran Juan,
Xiaolin Zhu,
Bingshan Li,
Yadong Wang
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
bioinformatics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.599
H-Index - 390
eISSN - 1367-4811
pISSN - 1367-4803
DOI - 10.1093/bioinformatics/btv707
Subject(s) - copy number variation , computer science , offspring , hidden markov model , software , genome , biology , computational biology , genetics , artificial intelligence , gene , pregnancy , programming language
Whole genome sequencing (WGS) of parent-offspring trios is a powerful approach for identifying disease-associated genes via detecting copy number variations (CNVs). Existing approaches, which detect CNVs for each individual in a trio independently, usually yield low-detection accuracy. Joint modeling approaches leveraging Mendelian transmission within the parent-offspring trio can be an efficient strategy to improve CNV detection accuracy.
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