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dc.titleEvaluating the possibility of detecting evidence of positive selection across Asia with sparse genotype data from the HUGO Pan-Asian SNP Consortium
dc.contributor.authorLiu, X.
dc.contributor.authorSaw, W.-Y.
dc.contributor.authorAli, M.
dc.contributor.authorOng, R.T.H.
dc.contributor.authorTeo, Y.-Y.
dc.date.accessioned2014-11-26T05:02:57Z
dc.date.available2014-11-26T05:02:57Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.identifier.citationLiu, X., Saw, W.-Y., Ali, M., Ong, R.T.H., Teo, Y.-Y. (2014). Evaluating the possibility of detecting evidence of positive selection across Asia with sparse genotype data from the HUGO Pan-Asian SNP Consortium. BMC Genomics 15 (1) : -. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-15-332
dc.identifier.issn14712164
dc.identifier.urihttp://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/108922
dc.description.abstractBackground: The HUGO Pan-Asian SNP Consortium (PASNP) has generated a genetic resource of almost 55,000 autosomal single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) across more than 1,800 individuals from 73 urban and indigenous populations in Asia. This has offered valuable insights into the correlation between the genetic ancestry of these populations with major linguistic systems and geography. Here, we attempt to understand whether adaptation to local climate, diet and environment partly explains the genetic variation present in these populations by investigating the genomic signatures of positive selection.Results: To evaluate the impact to the selection analyses due to the considerably lower SNP density as compared to other population genetics resources such as the International HapMap Project (HapMap) or the Singapore Genome Variation Project, we evaluated the extent of haplotype phasing switch errors and the consistency of selection signals from three haplotype-based approaches (iHS, XP-EHH, haploPS) when the HapMap data is thinned to a similar density as PASNP. We subsequently applied haploPS to detect and characterize positive selection in the PASNP populations, identifying 59 genomics regions that were selected in at least one PASNP populations. A cluster analysis on the basis of these 59 signals showed that indigenous populations such as the Negrito from Malaysia and Philippines, the China Hmong, and the Taiwan Ami and Atayal shared more of these signals. We also reported evidence of a positive selection signal encompassing the beta globin gene in the Taiwan Ami and Atayal that was distinct from the signal in the HapMap Africans, suggesting the possibility of convergent evolution at this locus due to malarial selection.Conclusions: We established that the lower SNP content of the PASNP data conferred weaker ability to detect signatures of positive selection, but the availability of the new approach haploPS retained modest power. Out of all the populations in PASNP, we identified only 59 signals, suggesting a strong need for high-density population-level genotyping data or sequencing data in order to achieve a comprehensive survey of positive selection in Asian populations. © 2014 Liu et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.
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dc.sourceScopus
dc.subjectGenetic diversity
dc.subjectHaplotype phasing
dc.subjectPopulation structure
dc.subjectPositive selection
dc.typeArticle
dc.contributor.departmentSAW SWEE HOCK SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
dc.description.doi10.1186/1471-2164-15-332
dc.description.sourcetitleBMC Genomics
dc.description.volume15
dc.description.issue1
dc.description.page-
dc.description.codenBGMEE
dc.identifier.isiut000335865900002
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