Phenotype penetrance probability

Format

There are four lines per locus, containing conditional probabilities of all phenotypes for a given phased genotype, including phenotyping errors or other deviations. These probabilities encode the relationship between genotypes and phenotypes. Each column represents a different phenotype state (ordered from 0 to the total number of states), and each row represents the phased genotypes (aa, aA, Aa, and AA). That is, the values within a row form a conditional probability distribution of phenotypes for the corresponding phased genotype. All phenotypes present in phenotype files should be included in the file. Current functionality works only with one locus and one trait.

Example for a monogenic recessive binary trait with 10% phenotyping error:

0.9 0.1
0.9 0.1
0.9 0.1
0.1 0.9

Input details

Values from this file parameterise how observed phenotypes translate to individual’s penetrance component of genotype probabilities.

Output details

The file is saved as .pheno_penetrance_prob.txt.