Inferring the landscape of recombination using recurrent neural networks

Abstract Accurately inferring the genome-wide landscape of recombination rates in natural populations is a central aim in genomics, as patterns of linkage influence everything from genetic mapping to understanding evolutionary history. Here we describe ReLERNN, a deep learning method for estimating a genome-wide recombination map that is accurate even with small numbers of pooled or individually sequenced genomes. Rather than use summaries of linkage disequilibrium as its input, ReLERNN takes columns from a genotype alignment, which are then modeled as a sequence across the genome using a recurrent neural network. We demonstrate that ReLERNN improves accuracy and reduces bias relative to existing methods and maintains high accuracy in the face of demographic model misspecification, missing genotype calls, and genome inaccessibility. We apply ReLERNN to natural populations of AfricanDrosophila melanogasterand show that genome-wide recombination landscapes, while largely correlated among populations, exhibit important population-specific differences. Lastly, we connect the inferred patterns of recombination with the frequencies of major inversions segregating in naturalDrosophilapopulations..

Medienart:

Preprint

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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bioRxiv.org - (2022) vom: 19. Sept. Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2022

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Adrion, Jeffrey R. [VerfasserIn]
Galloway, Jared G. [VerfasserIn]
Kern, Andrew D. [VerfasserIn]

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570
Biology

doi:

10.1101/662247

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

XBI000537810