Genetic Insights of Image-Based Traits: Analysis Pipeline for AI-based Phenotyping, Combined-GWAS, and Federated Learning with Application to the Human Face
Xianjing Liu, Ziyi Xiong, Fan Liu, Tamar E. C. Nijsten, Eppo Bonne Wolvius, Manfred Kayser, Gennady V. Roshchupkin
The paper presents a pipeline for analyzing image-based complex traits using AI phenotyping, combined-GWAS, and federated learning, applied to human facial data to identify genetic loci associated with facial shape.
bioRxiv · Aug 3, 2025 · PreprintGenetics