Genome-Wide Identification of Allelic Expression in Hypertensive Rats

Abstract

The result of these studies is the identification of several genes (Ptprj, Ela1, Dapk-2, and Gstt2) in which each of 4 SHR lines examined have fixed the same allele and in which each of 2 Wistar-Kyoto lines have a contrasting allele for which the inherited allele influences the level of gene expression. We further show that alleles of these genes lie in extensive haplotype blocks that have been inherited identical by descent in the hypertensive lines.