2016
Elevated variant density around SV breakpoints in germline lineage lends support to error-prone replication hypothesis
Dhokarh D, Abyzov A. Elevated variant density around SV breakpoints in germline lineage lends support to error-prone replication hypothesis. Genome Research 2016, 26: 874-881. PMID: 27216746, PMCID: PMC4937565, DOI: 10.1101/gr.205484.116.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSNPs/indelsComplex genomic rearrangementsHundreds of lociComplex human traitsAllele frequency spectrumReplication-based mechanismsBreakpoints of deletionsGermline lineageParental genomesSV breakpointsGenomic rearrangementsGenome ProjectMutational mechanismsDeletion eventsGenomic disordersHeterozygous SNPsStructural variantsVariant densityHuman traitsIndelsNumber variantsFold changeGermline deletionCNV formationDeletion
2015
Analysis of deletion breakpoints from 1,092 humans reveals details of mutation mechanisms
Abyzov A, Li S, Kim DR, Mohiyuddin M, Stütz AM, Parrish NF, Mu XJ, Clark W, Chen K, Hurles M, Korbel JO, Lam HY, Lee C, Gerstein MB. Analysis of deletion breakpoints from 1,092 humans reveals details of mutation mechanisms. Nature Communications 2015, 6: 7256. PMID: 26028266, PMCID: PMC4451611, DOI: 10.1038/ncomms8256.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-allelic homologous recombinationTemplate-switching eventsGenomic structural variantsDeletion breakpointsHi-C interactionsNon-homologous mechanismsRelaxed selectionGenomic averageHistone marksOpen chromatinGenomic sitesGermline cellsDNA replicationCell divisionDNA methylationHomologous recombinationGenome ProjectStructural variantsBasepair resolutionNearby SNPsMutation mechanismMicroinsertionsBreakpointsChromatinIndels