Discovering non-additive heritability using additive GWAS summary statistics

Abstract LD score regression (<jats:monospace>LDSC</jats:monospace>) is a method to estimate narrow-sense heritability from genome-wide association study (GWAS) summary statistics alone, making it a fast and popular approach. In this work, we present interaction-LD score (<jats:monospace>i-LDSC</jats:monospace>) regression: an extension of the original<jats:monospace>LDSC</jats:monospace>framework that accounts for interactions between genetic variants. By studying a wide range of generative models in simulations, and by re-analyzing 25 well-studied quantitative phenotypes from 349,468 individuals in the UK Biobank and up to 159,095 individuals in BioBank Japan, we show that the inclusion of acis-interaction score (i.e., interactions between a focal variant and proximal variants) recovers genetic variance that is not captured by<jats:monospace>LDSC</jats:monospace>. For each of the 25 traits analyzed in the UK Biobank and BioBank Japan,<jats:monospace>i-LDSC</jats:monospace>detects additional variation contributed by genetic interactions. The<jats:monospace>i-LDSC</jats:monospace>software and its application to these biobanks represent a step towards resolving further genetic contributions of sources of non-additive genetic effects to complex trait variation..

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Preprint

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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bioRxiv.org - (2024) vom: 18. Apr. Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

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Englisch

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Smith, Samuel Pattillo [VerfasserIn]
Darnell, Gregory [VerfasserIn]
Udwin, Dana [VerfasserIn]
Stamp, Julian [VerfasserIn]
Harpak, Arbel [VerfasserIn]
Ramachandran, Sohini [VerfasserIn]
Crawford, Lorin [VerfasserIn]

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Biology

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10.1101/2022.07.21.501001

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XBI036604585