arXiv:2507.20644cs.LGq-bio.PE2025-07

用深度生成模型捕捉基因组连锁下的等位基因频率变化,提升池化测序数据的进化分析精度。

Deep Generative Models of Evolution: SNP-level Population Adaptation by Genomic Linkage Incorporation

  • 基于深度生成网络融合邻近位点信息,建模等位基因频率随时间演变轨迹
  • 在模拟数据中准确捕获等位基因频率分布,且对连锁不平衡估计表现优异
  • 适用于池化测序数据,可间接推断传统方法无法获取的成对连锁不平衡

研究在受控环境压力下种群等位基因频率轨迹已成为分子水平探索进化过程的流行方法。基于明确进化概念的统计模型可用于验证对实证观察的不同假设。尽管如此,经典统计模型如Wright-Fisher模型存在位点间独立性假设简化及参数不确定性等问题。深度生成神经网络因其能整合多变量依赖关系和降噪能力,成为有力替代方案。但由于对数据量要求高且可解释性差,尚未广泛应用于群体基因组学。为应对基于池化测序(Pool-Seq)的演化与重测序实验(E&R)中的挑战,本文提出一种深度生成神经网络,旨在基于时间序列的实证观测建模进化过程。该模型通过嵌入单核苷酸多态性(SNPs)及其邻近位点信息,估计等位基因频率轨迹的分布。在模拟E&R实验上的评估表明,模型能有效捕捉等位基因频率轨迹分布,并展示深度生成模型在连锁不平衡(LD)估计中的表征能力。内部学习表示可用于估计成对连锁不平衡,这在常规池化测序数据中通常不可见。相比现有方法,本模型在高连锁不平衡条件下展现出竞争性的LD估计性能。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

The investigation of allele frequency trajectories in populations evolving under controlled environmental pressures has become a popular approach to study evolutionary processes on the molecular level. Statistical models based on well-defined evolutionary concepts can be used to validate different hypotheses about empirical observations. Despite their popularity, classic statistical models like the Wright-Fisher model suffer from simplified assumptions such as the independence of selected loci along a chromosome and uncertainty about the parameters. Deep generative neural networks offer a powerful alternative known for the integration of multivariate dependencies and noise reduction. Due to their high data demands and challenging interpretability they have, so far, not been widely considered in the area of population genomics. To address the challenges in the area of Evolve and Resequencing experiments (E&R) based on pooled sequencing (Pool-Seq) data, we introduce a deep generative neural network that aims to model a concept of evolution based on empirical observations over time. The proposed model estimates the distribution of allele frequency trajectories by embedding the observations from single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) with information from neighboring loci. Evaluation on simulated E&R experiments demonstrates the model's ability to capture the distribution of allele frequency trajectories and illustrates the representational power of deep generative models on the example of linkage disequilibrium (LD) estimation. Inspecting the internally learned representations enables estimating pairwise LD, which is typically inaccessible in Pool-Seq data. Our model provides competitive LD estimation in Pool-Seq data high degree of LD when compared to existing methods.

进化模型深度生成群体基因组连锁不平衡

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