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Genes, behavior and next‐generation RNA sequencing

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Hitzemann, R., Bottomly, D., Darakjian, P., Walter, N., Iancu, O., Searles, R., Wilmot, B., McWeeney, S.·2013·Genes, Brain and Behavior

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Advances in next‐generation sequencing suggest that RNA‐Seq is poised to supplant microarray‐based approaches for transcriptome analysis. This article briefly reviews the use of microarrays in the brain‐behavior context and then illustrates why RNA‐Seq is a superior strategy. Compared with microarrays, RNA‐Seq has a greater dynamic range, detects both coding and noncoding RNAs, is superior for gene network construction, detects alternative spliced transcripts, detects allele specific expression and can be used to extract genotype information, e.g. nonsynonymous coding single nucleotide polymorphisms. Examples of where RNA‐Seq has been used to assess brain gene expression are provided. Despite the advantages of RNA‐Seq, some disadvantages remain. These include the high cost of RNA‐Seq and the computational complexities associated with data analysis. RNA‐Seq embraces the complexity of the transcriptome and provides a mechanism to understand the underlying regulatory code; the potential to inform the brain‐behavior relationship is substantial.

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  • RNA-seq carries technical and biological biases, such as dependence on library preparation, sequencing depth, gene length, GC content, transcript length, and laboratory-specific practices.

    “These include dependencies on library preparation, sequencing depth, gene lengths, GC content and transcript lengths, as well as other laboratory-specific practices (Hitzemann et al., 2013).”

    From Guidance for RNA-seq co-expression network construction and analysis: safety in numbers (2015) · cites this paper as Hitzemann et al., 2013

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Authors
Hitzemann, R., Bottomly, D., Darakjian, P., Walter, N., Iancu, O., Searles, R., Wilmot, B., & McWeeney, S.
Affiliations
Oregon Health & Science University (US)
Corresponding author
Hitzemann, R.
Venue
Genes, Brain and Behavior
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2012-12-28
Volume
12
Issue
1
Pages
1-12
ISSN
  • 1601-183X (ISSN-L)
  • 1601-1848
OpenAlex
W1777871578
Cited by
88
References
125
Citations by year
2025: 3 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 14 · 2020: 6 · 2019: 7 · 2018: 6 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 8 · 2015: 11 · 2014: 15 · 2013: 7
FWCI
0.96
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Genes Brain & Behavior (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health (UL1TR000128)
  • National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (R01AA011034, AA 13484, AA 10760, U01AA013484, P50AA010760, AA11034)
  • National Institute of Mental Health (MH 51372, R01MH051372)
  • National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Gene expression and cancer classification
Keywords
RNA-seq, microarray, gene expression profiling, brain gene expression, gene expression regulation, alternative splicing, non-coding RNA, allele-specific expression, single nucleotide polymorphisms, gene networks, brain-behavior relationship
MeSH terms
Animals, Brain, Genes, Humans, Sequence Analysis, RNA, Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis, Gene Expression Profiling, High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing

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