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Bayesian association scan reveals loci associated with human lifespan and linked biomarkers
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False discovery rate
In statistics, the false discovery rate (FDR) is a method of conceptualizing the rate of type I errors in null hypothesis testing when conducting multiple comparisons. FDR-controlling procedures are designed to control the FDR, which is the expected proportion of "discoveries" (rejected null hypotheses) that are false (incorrect rejections of the null). Equivalently, the FDR is the expected ratio of the number of false positive classifications (false discoveries) to the total number of positive classifications (rejections of the null).
HapMap
Le projet international HapMap est un projet dont le but est de développer une carte d'haplotype qui décrira les patrons communs de variations génétiques du génome humain. Le projet est une collaboration entre chercheurs académiques, organisations de recherche sans but lucratif et compagnies privées provenant du Canada, de la Chine, du Japon, du Nigéria, du Royaume-Uni et des États-Unis. La carte HapMap est devenue une ressource fondamentale pour les chercheurs afin de découvrir des gènes impliqués dans le développement de maladies complexes ou modifiant la réponse pharmacologique à des médicaments.
False positive rate
In statistics, when performing multiple comparisons, a false positive ratio (also known as fall-out or false alarm ratio) is the probability of falsely rejecting the null hypothesis for a particular test. The false positive rate is calculated as the ratio between the number of negative events wrongly categorized as positive (false positives) and the total number of actual negative events (regardless of classification). The false positive rate (or "false alarm rate") usually refers to the expectancy of the false positive ratio.
Aging brain
Aging of the brain is a process of transformation of the brain in older age, including changes all individuals experience and those of illness (including unrecognised illness). Usually this refers to humans. Since life extension is only pertinent if accompanied by health span extension, and, more importantly, by preserving brain health and cognition, finding rejuvenating approaches that act simultaneously in peripheral tissues and in brain function is a key strategy for development of rejuvenating technology.
Télomérase
La télomérase est une ADN polymérase ARN dépendante qui, lors de la réplication de l'ADN chez les eucaryotes, permet de conserver la longueur du chromosome en ajoutant une structure spécifique à chaque extrémité : le télomère (du grec τέλος, extrémité ou fin). Bien que composé de désoxyribonucléotides comme le reste du chromosome, le télomère est synthétisé suivant un mode différent de la réplication classique de l'ADN. Les télomérases sont des ribonucléoprotéines (assemblage d'ARN et de protéines) qui catalysent l'addition d'une séquence répétée spécifique à l'extrémité des chromosomes.
Regulator gene
A regulator gene, regulator, or regulatory gene is a gene involved in controlling the expression of one or more other genes. Regulatory sequences, which encode regulatory genes, are often at the five prime end (5') to the start site of transcription of the gene they regulate. In addition, these sequences can also be found at the three prime end (3') to the transcription start site. In both cases, whether the regulatory sequence occurs before (5') or after (3') the gene it regulates, the sequence is often many kilobases away from the transcription start site.
Analyse en série de l'expression des gènes
L'analyse en série de l'expression des gènes (en anglais, Serial Analysis of Gene Expression ou SAGE) est une technique de biologie moléculaire permettant l'analyse de la population en ARNm d'un échantillon donné (organisme, cellules, tissus, etc.). La méthode originelle a été mise au point, et publiée en 1995, par le du centre d'oncologie de l'université Johns-Hopkins. La méthode SAGE est basée sur l'isolation de séquences spécifiques (étiquettes) de chaque ARN, la production des ADN complémentaires (ADNc) correspondant, la production d'une molécule d'ADN synthétique comportant tous ces ADNc, puis le séquençage de cette molécule.
Human genetic variation
Human genetic variation is the genetic differences in and among populations. There may be multiple variants of any given gene in the human population (alleles), a situation called polymorphism. No two humans are genetically identical. Even monozygotic twins (who develop from one zygote) have infrequent genetic differences due to mutations occurring during development and gene copy-number variation. Differences between individuals, even closely related individuals, are the key to techniques such as genetic fingerprinting.
Spatiotemporal gene expression
Spatiotemporal gene expression is the activation of genes within specific tissues of an organism at specific times during development. Gene activation patterns vary widely in complexity. Some are straightforward and static, such as the pattern of tubulin, which is expressed in all cells at all times in life. Some, on the other hand, are extraordinarily intricate and difficult to predict and model, with expression fluctuating wildly from minute to minute or from cell to cell.
Bayes factor
The Bayes factor is a ratio of two competing statistical models represented by their evidence, and is used to quantify the support for one model over the other. The models in questions can have a common set of parameters, such as a null hypothesis and an alternative, but this is not necessary; for instance, it could also be a non-linear model compared to its linear approximation. The Bayes factor can be thought of as a Bayesian analog to the likelihood-ratio test, although it uses the (integrated) marginal likelihood rather than the maximized likelihood.