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| Type I and Type II error rates for quantitative trait loci (QTL) mapping studies using recombinant inbred mouse strains |
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| Author(s): Belknap JK, Mitchell SR, OToole LA, Helms ML, Crabbe JC |
| Source: BEHAVIOR GENETICS Volume: 26 Issue: 2 Pages: 149-160 Published: MAR 1996 |
| Times Cited: 121 References: 44 |
| Abstract: Effective mapping strategies for quantitative traits must allow for the detection of the more important quantitative trait loci (QTLs) while minimizing false positives. Type I (false-positive) and Type II (false-negative) error rates were estimated from a computer simulation of QTL mapping in the BXD recombinant inbred (RI) set comprising 26 strains of mice, and comparisons made with theoretical predictions. The results are generally applicable to other RI sets when corrections are made for differing strain numbers and marker densities. Regardless of the number or magnitude of simulated QTLs contributing to the trait variance, the p value necessary to provide genome-wide .05 Type I error protection was found to be about p = .0001. To provide adequate protection against both Type I (alpha = .0001) and Type II (beta = .2) errors, a QTL would have to account for more than half of the between-strain (genetic) variance if the BXD or similar set was used alone. In contrast, a two-step mapping strategy was also considered, where RI strains are used as a preliminary screen for QTLs to be specifically tested (confirmed) in an F-2 (or other) population. In this case, QTLs accounting for similar to 16% of the between-strain variance could be detected with an 80% probability in the BXD set when alpha = 0.2. To balance the competing goals of minimizing Type I and II errors, an economical strategy is to adopt a more stringent alpha initially for the RI screen, since this requires only a limited genome search in the F-2 of the RI-implicated regions (similar to 10% of the F-2 genome when p < .01 in the RIs). If confirmed QTLs do not account in the aggregate for a sufficient proportion of the genetic variance, then a more relaxed alpha value can be used in the RI screen to increase the statistical power. This flexibility in setting RI alpha values is appropriate only when adequate protection against Type I errors comes from the F-2 (or other) confirmation test(s). |
| Document Type: Article |
| Language: English |
| Reprint Address: Belknap, JK (reprint author), VET ADM MED CTR, RES SERV 151W, PORTLAND, OR 97201 USA |
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1. OREGON HLTH SCI UNIV, DEPT MED PSYCHOL, PORTLAND, OR 97201 USA |
| Publisher: PLENUM PUBL CORP, 233 SPRING ST, NEW YORK, NY 10013 |
| Subject Category: Behavioral Sciences; Genetics & Heredity; Psychology, Multidisciplinary |
| IDS Number: UE226 |
| ISSN: 0001-8244 |
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