Counting mutagenized genomes and optimizing genetic screens in Caenorhabditis elegans.
Counting mutagenized genomes and optimizing genetic screens in Caenorhabditis elegans.
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DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0001117
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发表时间:
2007-11-07
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影响因子:
3.7
通讯作者:
Shaham S
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作者:
Shaham S
In genetic screens, the number of mutagenized gametes examined is an important parameter for evaluating screen progress, the number of genes of a given mutable phenotype, gene size, cost, and labor. Since genetic screens often entail examination of thousands or tens of thousands of animals, strategies for optimizing genetics screens are important for minimizing effort while maximizing the number of mutagenized gametes examined. To date, such strategies have not been described for genetic screens in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. Here we review general principles of genetic screens in C. elegans, and use a modified binomial strategy to obtain a general expression for the number of mutagenized gametes examined in a genetic screen. We use this expression to calculate optimal screening parameters for a large range of genetic screen types. In addition, we developed a simple online genetic-screen-optimization tool that can be used independently of this paper. Our results demonstrate that choosing the optimal F2-to-F1 screening ratio can significantly improve screen efficiency.
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影响因子:
64.8
作者:
BENIAN, GM;KIFF, JE;WATERSTON, RH
通讯作者:
WATERSTON, RH
影响因子:
64.5
作者:
LEE, RC;FEINBAUM, RL;AMBROS, V
通讯作者:
AMBROS, V
DOI:
10.1007/bf00272158
发表时间:
1991-10-01
期刊:
MOLECULAR AND GENERAL GENETICS
影响因子:
--
作者:
PASTINK, A;HEEMSKERK, E;VOGEL, EW
通讯作者:
VOGEL, EW
DOI:
10.1073/pnas.81.20.6271
发表时间:
1984-01-01
期刊:
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
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作者:
LOECHLER, EL;GREEN, CL;ESSIGMANN, JM
通讯作者:
ESSIGMANN, JM