BayesRCO
Abstract
BayesRCO is a software for complex trait prediction with Bayesian hierarchical models using genome-wide genetic variation grouped into potentially overlapping annotation categories based on prior biological information (e.g., functional annotations, candidate gene lists, known causal variants).
BayesRCO includes implementations for three state-of-the-art Bayesian hierarchical models:
- BayesCpi: a two-class model, corresponding to null and non-null effects for genetic variants
- BayesR: a four-class model, corresponding to null, small, medium, and large effects for genetic variants
- BayesRC: a BayesR model incorporating disjoint prior categories for genetic variants.
In addition, BayesRCO includes two novel extensions of BayesRC to incorporate potentially overlapping prior categories for genetic variants:
- BayesRC+: a BayesR model where multi-categories are assumed to cumulatively impact variant estimates
- BayesRCpi: a BayesR model where the catégorization of multi-annotated variants is stochastically modeled.