Nyholt Dale R
Genetic Epidemiology Laboratory, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Am J Hum Genet. 2004 Apr;74(4):765-9. doi: 10.1086/383251. Epub 2004 Mar 2.
In this report, we describe a simple correction for multiple testing of single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in linkage disequilibrium (LD) with each other, on the basis of the spectral decomposition (SpD) of matrices of pairwise LD between SNPs. This method provides a useful alternative to more computationally intensive permutation tests. A user-friendly interface (SNPSpD) for performing this correction is available online (http://genepi.qimr.edu.au/general/daleN/SNPSpD/). Additionally, output from SNPSpD includes eigenvalues, principal-component coefficients, and factor "loadings" after varimax rotation, enabling the selection of a subset of SNPs that optimize the information in a genomic region.
在本报告中,我们描述了一种基于单核苷酸多态性(SNP)之间成对连锁不平衡(LD)矩阵的谱分解(SpD),对处于LD状态的SNP进行多重检验的简单校正方法。该方法为计算量更大的置换检验提供了一种有用的替代方法。用于执行此校正的用户友好界面(SNPSpD)可在线获取(http://genepi.qimr.edu.au/general/daleN/SNPSpD/)。此外,SNPSpD的输出包括特征值、主成分系数以及方差最大化旋转后的因子“载荷”,从而能够选择一组SNP子集,以优化基因组区域中的信息。