Bioinformatics Advance Access published online on May 17, 2007
Bioinformatics, doi:10.1093/bioinformatics/btm260
Error detection in SNP data by considering the likelihood of recombinational history implied by three-site combinations
1Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, U.S.A.
*To whom correspondence should be addressed. Michael T. Clegg, E-mail: mclegg{at}uci.edu
| Abstract |
|---|
Motivation: Errors in nucleotide sequence and SNP genotyping data are problematic when inferring haplotypes. Previously published methods for error detection in haplotype data make use of pedigree information; however, for many samples, individuals are not related by pedigree. This paper describes a method for detecting errors in haplotypes by considering the recombinational history implied by the patterns of variation, three SNPs at a time.
Results: Coalescent simulations provide evidence that the method is robust to high levels of recombination as well as homologous gene conversion, indicating that patterns produced by both proximate and distant SNPs may be useful for detecting unlikely three-site haplotypes
Availability: The perl script implementing the described method is called EDUT (Error Detection Using Triplets) and is available on request from the authors.
Supplementary information: Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online.
Associate Editor: Prof. Martin Bishop
Received on December 13, 2006; revised on April 30, 2007; accepted on May 9, 2007
This article has been cited by other articles:
![]() |
A. Aguilar-Melendez, P. L. Morrell, M. L. Roose, and S.-C. Kim Genetic diversity and structure in semiwild and domesticated chiles (Capsicum annuum; Solanaceae) from Mexico Am. J. Botany, June 1, 2009; 96(6): 1190 - 1202. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
H. Chen, P. L. Morrell, V. E. T. M. Ashworth, M. de la Cruz, and M. T. Clegg Tracing the Geographic Origins of Major Avocado Cultivars J. Hered., January 1, 2009; 100(1): 56 - 65. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
H. Chen, P. L. Morrell, M. de la Cruz, and M. T. Clegg Nucleotide Diversity and Linkage Disequilibrium in Wild Avocado (Persea americana Mill.) J. Hered., March 14, 2008; (2008) esn016v1. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||

