Model-Based Whole-Genome Analysis of DNA Methylation Fidelity
Title | Model-Based Whole-Genome Analysis of DNA Methylation Fidelity |
Publication Type | Conference Paper |
Year of Publication | 2015 |
Authors | Bock C, Bortolussi L, Krüger T, Mikeev L, Wolf V |
Conference Name | Hybrid Systems and Biology (HSB) |
Volume | 9271 |
Series | LNCS |
Pages | 141–155 |
Publisher | Springer International Publishing |
Keywords | Branching processes, DNA methylation, Epigenomics, Next generation sequencing, Parameter estimation |
Abstract | We consider the problem of understanding how DNA methylation fidelity, i.e. the preservation of methylated sites in the genome, varies across the genome and across different cell types. Our approach uses a stochastic model of DNA methylation across generations and trains it using data obtained through next generation sequencing. By training the model locally, i.e. learning its parameters based on observations in a specific genomic region, we can compare how DNA methylation fidelity varies genome-wide. In the paper, we focus on the computational challenges to scale parameter estimation to the whole-genome level, and present two methods to achieve this goal, one based on moment-based approximation and one based on simulation. We extensively tested our methods on synthetic data and on a first batch of experimental data. |
DOI | 10.1007/978-3-319-26916-0_8 |