Genetics, Vol. 168, 2285-2293, December 2004, Copyright © 2004
doi:10.1534/genetics.104.027524

Selective Phenotyping for Increased Efficiency in Genetic Mapping Studies

* Department of Statistics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706
{dagger} Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706
{ddagger} The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine 04609
§ Department of Horticulture, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706

1 Corresponding author: Department of Statistics, University of Wisconsin, 1300 University Ave., MSC-1239, Madison, WI 53706.
E-mail: byandell{at}wisc.edu

The power of a genetic mapping study depends on the heritability of the trait, the number of individuals included in the analysis, and the genetic dissimilarity among them. In experiments that involve microarrays or other complex physiological assays, phenotyping can be expensive and time-consuming and may impose limits on the sample size. A random selection of individuals may not provide sufficient power to detect linkage until a large sample size is reached. We present an algorithm for selecting a subset of individuals solely on the basis of genotype data that can achieve substantial improvements in sensitivity compared to a random sample of the same size. The selective phenotyping method involves preferentially selecting individuals to maximize their genotypic dissimilarity. Selective phenotyping is most effective when prior knowledge of genetic architecture allows us to focus on specific genetic regions. However, it can also provide modest improvements in efficiency when applied on a whole-genome basis. Importantly, selective phenotyping does not reduce the efficiency of mapping as compared to a random sample in regions that are not considered in the selection process. In contrast to selective genotyping, inferences based solely on a selectively phenotyped population of individuals are representative of the whole population. The substantial improvement introduced by selective phenotyping is particularly useful when phenotyping is difficult or costly and thus limits the sample size in a genetic mapping study.




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