From sequence to function: insights from natural variation in budding yeasts
Background Natural variation offers a powerful approach for assigning function to DNA sequence—a pressing challenge in the age of high throughput sequencing technologies. Scope of Review Here we review comparative genomic approaches that are bridging the sequence–function and genotype–phenotype...
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| author | Nieduszynski, Conrad A. Liti, Gianni |
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Natural variation offers a powerful approach for assigning function to DNA sequence—a pressing challenge in the age of high throughput sequencing technologies.
Scope of Review
Here we review comparative genomic approaches that are bridging the sequence–function and genotype–phenotype gaps. Reverse genomic approaches aim to analyse sequence to assign function, whereas forward genomic approaches start from a phenotype and aim to identify the underlying genotype responsible.
Major Conclusions
Comparative genomic approaches, pioneered in budding yeasts, have resulted in dramatic improvements in our understanding of the function of both genes and regulatory sequences. Analogous studies in other systems, including humans, demonstrate the ubiquity of comparative genomic approaches. Recently, forward genomic approaches, exploiting natural variation within yeast populations, have started to offer powerful insights into how genotype influences phenotype and even the ability to predict phenotypes.
General Significance
Comparative genomic experiments are defining the fundamental rules that govern complex traits in natural populations from yeast to humans. |
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| spelling | nottingham-24932020-05-04T20:23:06Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/2493/ From sequence to function: insights from natural variation in budding yeasts Nieduszynski, Conrad A. Liti, Gianni Background Natural variation offers a powerful approach for assigning function to DNA sequence—a pressing challenge in the age of high throughput sequencing technologies. Scope of Review Here we review comparative genomic approaches that are bridging the sequence–function and genotype–phenotype gaps. Reverse genomic approaches aim to analyse sequence to assign function, whereas forward genomic approaches start from a phenotype and aim to identify the underlying genotype responsible. Major Conclusions Comparative genomic approaches, pioneered in budding yeasts, have resulted in dramatic improvements in our understanding of the function of both genes and regulatory sequences. Analogous studies in other systems, including humans, demonstrate the ubiquity of comparative genomic approaches. Recently, forward genomic approaches, exploiting natural variation within yeast populations, have started to offer powerful insights into how genotype influences phenotype and even the ability to predict phenotypes. General Significance Comparative genomic experiments are defining the fundamental rules that govern complex traits in natural populations from yeast to humans. Elsevier 2011-10 Article PeerReviewed Nieduszynski, Conrad A. and Liti, Gianni (2011) From sequence to function: insights from natural variation in budding yeasts. BBA - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta, 1810 (10). pp. 959-966. ISSN 0006-3002 Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Forward genomics; Reverse genomics; Functional analysis; Quantitative trait locus; Comparative genomics http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304416511000377 doi:10.1016/j.bbagen.2011.02.004 doi:10.1016/j.bbagen.2011.02.004 |
| spellingShingle | Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Forward genomics; Reverse genomics; Functional analysis; Quantitative trait locus; Comparative genomics Nieduszynski, Conrad A. Liti, Gianni From sequence to function: insights from natural variation in budding yeasts |
| title | From sequence to function: insights from natural variation in budding yeasts |
| title_full | From sequence to function: insights from natural variation in budding yeasts |
| title_fullStr | From sequence to function: insights from natural variation in budding yeasts |
| title_full_unstemmed | From sequence to function: insights from natural variation in budding yeasts |
| title_short | From sequence to function: insights from natural variation in budding yeasts |
| title_sort | from sequence to function: insights from natural variation in budding yeasts |
| topic | Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Forward genomics; Reverse genomics; Functional analysis; Quantitative trait locus; Comparative genomics |
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