Weighted Gene Co-expression Network Analysis (Various)

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Method synopsis

Weighted Gene Co-expression Network Analysis adapted for methylation data to identify co-methylated CpG modules and their associations with phenotypic traits.

Synthesized from method descriptions across 1 paper using this protocol.

Procedure from a recent peer-reviewed implementation

Steps below were extracted from the most recent peer-reviewed implementation of this protocol in the corpus — DNA methylation networks underlying mammalian traits (2023), Science. Implementations in other papers (listed below) may differ.

1. WGCNA co-methylation network analysis
   Performed unsupervised weighted correlation network analysis to identify clusters of highly correlated CpGs (co-methylation modules). Used soft-thresholding power selection and hierarchical clustering to define modules.
   Quantities: 55 distinct co-methylation modules identified from 14,705 conserved CpGsDuration: Not specifiedConditions: Computational analysis
   Equipment: WGCNA software
2. Module-trait correlation analysis
   Calculated correlations between module eigengenes (first principal component of scaled CpGs in each module) and species traits including maximum lifespan, adult weight, age, sex, and mortality risk using Pearson correlation.
   Quantities: Analyzed associations with traits across 348 speciesDuration: Not specifiedConditions: Statistical analysis
   Equipment: statistical analysis software

Typical Equipment

• WGCNA software

Output Measurements

• co-methylation modules
• module eigengenes
• module-trait correlations

Papers Using This Protocol (1)

Species Studied With This Protocol