PMID- 31228159 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20191113 LR - 20191113 IS - 1940-6029 (Electronic) IS - 1064-3745 (Linking) VI - 2018 DP - 2019 TI - Networking in Biology: The Hybrid Rat Diversity Panel. PG - 213-231 LID - 10.1007/978-1-4939-9581-3_10 [doi] AB - One of the most fruitful resources for systems genetic studies of nonhuman mammals is a panel of inbred strains that exhibits significant genetic diversity between strains but genetic stability (isogenicity) within strains. These characteristics allow for fine mapping of complex phenotypes (QTLs) and provide statistical power to identify loci which contribute nominally to the phenotype. This type of resource also allows the planning and performance of investigations using the same genetic backgrounds over several generations of the test animals. Often, rats are preferred over mice for physiologic and behavioral studies because of their larger size and more distinguishable anatomy (particularly for their central nervous system). The Hybrid Rat Diversity Panel (HRDP) is a panel of inbred rat strains, which combines two recombinant inbred panels (the HXB/BXH, 30 strains; the LEXF/FXLE, 34 strains and 35 more strains of inbred rats which were selected for genetic diversity, based on their fully sequenced genomes and/or thorough genotyping). The genetic diversity and statistical power of this panel for mapping studies rivals or surpasses currently available panels in mouse. The genetic stability of this panel makes it particularly suitable for collection of high-throughput omics data as relevant technology becomes available for engaging in truly integrative systems biology. The PhenoGen website ( http://phenogen.org ) is the repository for the initial transcriptome data, making the raw data, the processed data, and the analysis results, e.g., organ-specific protein coding and noncoding transcripts, isoform analysis, expression quantitative trait loci, and co-expression networks, available to the research public. The data sets and tools being developed will complement current efforts to analyze the human transcriptome and its genetic controls (the Genotype-Tissue Expression Project (GTEx)) and allow for dissection of genetic networks that predispose to particular phenotypes and gene-by-environment interactions that are difficult or even impossible to study in humans. The HRDP is an essential population for exploring truly integrative systems genetics. FAU - Tabakoff, Boris AU - Tabakoff B AD - Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA. FAU - Smith, Harry AU - Smith H AD - Department of Biostatistics and Informatics, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA. FAU - Vanderlinden, Lauren A AU - Vanderlinden LA AD - Department of Biostatistics and Informatics, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA. FAU - Hoffman, Paula L AU - Hoffman PL AD - Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA. AD - Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA. FAU - Saba, Laura M AU - Saba LM AD - Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA. Laura.Saba@ucdenver.edu. LA - eng GR - R24 AA013162/AA/NIAAA NIH HHS/United States GR - P30 DA044223/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - Methods Mol Biol JT - Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) JID - 9214969 SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Chimera/genetics MH - Gene Regulatory Networks MH - *Genetic Variation MH - Humans MH - Models, Animal MH - Quantitative Trait Loci MH - Rats MH - Rats, Inbred Strains/*genetics MH - Software MH - Systems Biology/*methods MH - Whole Genome Sequencing OTO - NOTNLM OT - Co-expression networks OT - Expression quantitative trait loci OT - Genetically renewable rodent panel OT - Hybrid Rat Diversity Panel OT - Noncoding transcripts OT - Systems genetics EDAT- 2019/06/23 06:00 MHDA- 2019/11/14 06:00 CRDT- 2019/06/23 06:00 PHST- 2019/06/23 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2019/06/23 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/11/14 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1007/978-1-4939-9581-3_10 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Methods Mol Biol. 2019;2018:213-231. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-9581-3_10.