Combining genetic inheritance information, for both molecular profiles and complex traits, is a promising strategy not only for detecting quantitative trait loci (QTLs) for complex traits but for understanding which genes, pathways, and biological processes are also under the influence of a given QTL. As a primary step in determining the feasibility of such an approach in humans, we present the largest survey to date, to our knowledge, of the heritability of gene-expression traits in segregating human populations. In particular, we measured expression for 23,499 genes in lymphoblastoid cell lines for members of 15 Centre d'Etude du Polymorphisme Humain ( CEPH) families. Of the total set of genes, 2,340 were found to be expressed, of which 31% had significant heritability when a false-discovery rate of 0.05 was used. QTLs were detected for 33 genes on the basis of at least one P value
Genetic inheritance of gene expression in human cell lines
Monks, SA., Leonardson, A., Zhu, H., Cundiff, P., Pietrusiak, P., Edwards, S., Phillips, JW., Sachs, A., & Schadt, EE. (2004). Genetic inheritance of gene expression in human cell lines. American Journal of Human Genetics, 75(6), 1094-1105.
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