mrMLM v4.0.2:An R Platform for Multi-locus Genome-wide Association Studies
- Author:
Zhang YA-WEN
1
;
Tamba Lwaka COX
;
Wen YANG-JUN
;
Li PEI
;
Ren WEN-LONG
;
Ni YUAN-LI
;
Gao JUN
;
Zhang YUAN-MING
Author Information
1. Crop Information Center,College of Plant Science and Technology,Huazhong Agricultural University,Wuhan 430070,China
- Keywords:
Genome-wide association study;
Linear mixed model;
mrMLM;
Multi-locus genetic model;
R
- From:
Genomics, Proteomics & Bioinformatics
2020;18(4):481-487
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Previous studies have reported that some important loci are missed in single-locus genome-wide association studies (GWAS), especially because of the large phenotypic error in field experiments. To solve this issue, multi-locus GWAS methods have been recommended. However, only a few software packages for multi-locus GWAS are available. Therefore, we developed an R software named mrMLM v4.0.2. This software integrates mrMLM, FASTmrMLM, FAS-TmrEMMA, pLARmEB, pKWmEB, and ISIS EM-BLASSO methods developed by our lab. There are four components in mrMLM v4.0.2, including dataset input, parameter setting, software run-ning, and result output. The fread function in data.table is used to quickly read datasets, especially big datasets, and the doParallel package is used to conduct parallel computation using multiple CPUs. In addition, the graphical user interface software mrMLM.GUI v4.0.2, built upon Shiny, is also available. To confirm the correctness of the aforementioned programs, all the methods in mrMLM v4.0.2 and three widely-used methods were used to analyze real and simulated datasets. The results confirm the superior performance of mrMLM v4.0.2 to other methods currently avail-able. False positive rates are effectively controlled, albeit with a less stringent significance threshold. mrMLM v4.0.2 is publicly available at BioCode (https://bigd.big.ac.cn/biocode/tools/BT007077) or R (https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/mrMLM.GUI/index.html) as an open-source software.
