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The Human Pangenome Project: a global resource to map genomic diversity
Wang T, Antonacci-Fulton L, Howe K, Lawson HA, Lucas JK, Phillippy AM, Popejoy AB, Asri M, Carson C, Chaisson MJP, Chang X, Cook-Deegan R, Felsenfeld AL, Fulton RS, Garrison EP, Garrison N, Graves-Lindsay TA, Ji H, Kenny EE, Koenig BA, Li D, Marschall T, McMichael JF, Novak AM, Purushotham D, Schneider VA, Schultz BI, Smith MW, Sofia HJ, Weissman T, Flicek P, Li H, Miga KH, Paten B, Jarvis ED, Hall IM, Eichler EE, Haussler D. The Human Pangenome Project: a global resource to map genomic diversity. Nature 2022, 604: 437-446. PMID: 35444317, PMCID: PMC9402379, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-04601-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsGenome, HumanGenomicsHaplotypesHigh-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingHumansSequence Analysis, DNAConceptsHuman reference genomeReference genomeGenomic diversityGenomic variationHuman genomic variationGlobal genomic diversitySingle nucleotide variantsGene-disease associationsDiploid genomeGenetic resourcesGenomeGenomic researchFuture biomedical researchHigh-quality referenceStructural variantsHuman geneticsRoutine assemblyCommon variantsFunctional elementsPolymorphic regionDiversityBiomedical researchVariantsMajor updateGeneticsAssociation of structural variation with cardiometabolic traits in Finns
Chen L, Abel HJ, Das I, Larson DE, Ganel L, Kanchi KL, Regier AA, Young EP, Kang CJ, Scott AJ, Chiang C, Wang X, Lu S, Christ R, Service SK, Chiang CWK, Havulinna AS, Kuusisto J, Boehnke M, Laakso M, Palotie A, Ripatti S, Freimer NB, Locke AE, Stitziel NO, Hall IM. Association of structural variation with cardiometabolic traits in Finns. American Journal Of Human Genetics 2021, 108: 583-596. PMID: 33798444, PMCID: PMC8059371, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2021.03.008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAllelesCardiovascular DiseasesCholesterolDNA Copy Number VariationsFemaleFinlandGenome, HumanGenomic Structural VariationGenotypeHigh-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingHumansMaleMitochondrial ProteinsPromoter Regions, GeneticPyruvate Dehydrogenase (Lipoamide)-PhosphatasePyruvic AcidSerum Albumin, HumanConceptsSingle nucleotide variantsCopy number variantsQuantitative traitsGenome-wide significant associationStructural variationsTrait mapping studiesDeep whole-genome sequencing dataGenome structural variationsWhole-genome sequencing dataStrong phenotypic effectsComplex genomic regionsCardiometabolic traitsLow-frequency structural variationsEvolutionary timeGenomic regionsPhenotypic effectsSequencing dataNucleotide variantsGenotype dataGene deletionNumber variantsTraitsGenetic associationCandidate associationsExome sequencingMapping and characterization of structural variation in 17,795 human genomes
Abel HJ, Larson DE, Regier AA, Chiang C, Das I, Kanchi KL, Layer RM, Neale BM, Salerno WJ, Reeves C, Buyske S, Matise T, Muzny D, Zody M, Lander E, Dutcher S, Stitziel N, Hall I. Mapping and characterization of structural variation in 17,795 human genomes. Nature 2020, 583: 83-89. PMID: 32460305, PMCID: PMC7547914, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-2371-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStructural variantsWhole-genome sequencingHuman genomeUltra-rare structural variantsRare structural variantsSuch structural variantsSingle nucleotide variantsNoncoding elementsDosage sensitivityGenomeHuman geneticsSmall insertionsComplex rearrangementsDeletion variantsSmall variantsStructural variationsGenesSequencingAllelesForm of variationVariantsElement classesSite frequency dataDeleterious effectsGeneticsGenomic Analysis in the Age of Human Genome Sequencing
Lappalainen T, Scott AJ, Brandt M, Hall IM. Genomic Analysis in the Age of Human Genome Sequencing. Cell 2019, 177: 70-84. PMID: 30901550, PMCID: PMC6532068, DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2019.02.032.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsBiological Specimen BanksChromosome MappingGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseGenetic TestingGenetic VariationGenome, HumanGenome-Wide Association StudyGenomicsHigh-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingHuman Genome ProjectHumansPolymorphism, Single NucleotideSequence Analysis, DNAWhole Genome SequencingConceptsFunctional genomics approachAllele frequency spectrumHuman genome sequencingGene mapping studiesGenome sequencing technologiesRare human diseasesWhole-genome sequencingGenomic approachesGenetic variant discoveryGenome variationHuman genomeGenome analysisGenomic analysisSequencing technologiesGenome sequencingVariant discoveryHuman diseasesHuman geneticsGenomeFunctional interpretationMapping studiesFunctional effectsSequencingGermline variantsGeneticsSpeedSeq: ultra-fast personal genome analysis and interpretation
Chiang C, Layer RM, Faust GG, Lindberg MR, Rose DB, Garrison EP, Marth GT, Quinlan AR, Hall IM. SpeedSeq: ultra-fast personal genome analysis and interpretation. Nature Methods 2015, 12: 966-968. PMID: 26258291, PMCID: PMC4589466, DOI: 10.1038/nmeth.3505.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGenetic VariationGenome, HumanHigh-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingHumansMolecular Sequence AnnotationNeoplasmsPolymorphism, Single NucleotidePrecision MedicineSoftwareWorkflowBreakpoint profiling of 64 cancer genomes reveals numerous complex rearrangements spawned by homology-independent mechanisms
Malhotra A, Lindberg M, Faust GG, Leibowitz ML, Clark RA, Layer RM, Quinlan AR, Hall IM. Breakpoint profiling of 64 cancer genomes reveals numerous complex rearrangements spawned by homology-independent mechanisms. Genome Research 2013, 23: 762-776. PMID: 23410887, PMCID: PMC3638133, DOI: 10.1101/gr.143677.112.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsBase SequenceChromosome AberrationsChromosome BreakpointsDNA Breaks, Double-StrandedDNA ReplicationGenome, HumanHigh-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingHumansMutationNeoplasmsConceptsComplex genomic rearrangementsSingle mutational eventCancer genomesMutational eventsBreakpoint clusterDNA double-strand breaksHomology-independent mechanismsComplex rearrangementsDouble-strand breaksLarge-scale rearrangementsGenome architectureGenome rearrangementsNonhomologous repairGenomic rearrangementsChromothripsis eventsSelective advantageMore chromosomesTumor genomesGenomeGlioblastoma samplesTemplated insertionsState profilingPunctuated changeBreakpoint sequencesAllele frequencies
2022
Semi-automated assembly of high-quality diploid human reference genomes
Jarvis E, Formenti G, Rhie A, Guarracino A, Yang C, Wood J, Tracey A, Thibaud-Nissen F, Vollger M, Porubsky D, Cheng H, Asri M, Logsdon G, Carnevali P, Chaisson M, Chin C, Cody S, Collins J, Ebert P, Escalona M, Fedrigo O, Fulton R, Fulton L, Garg S, Gerton J, Ghurye J, Granat A, Green R, Harvey W, Hasenfeld P, Hastie A, Haukness M, Jaeger E, Jain M, Kirsche M, Kolmogorov M, Korbel J, Koren S, Korlach J, Lee J, Li D, Lindsay T, Lucas J, Luo F, Marschall T, Mitchell M, McDaniel J, Nie F, Olsen H, Olson N, Pesout T, Potapova T, Puiu D, Regier A, Ruan J, Salzberg S, Sanders A, Schatz M, Schmitt A, Schneider V, Selvaraj S, Shafin K, Shumate A, Stitziel N, Stober C, Torrance J, Wagner J, Wang J, Wenger A, Xiao C, Zimin A, Zhang G, Wang T, Li H, Garrison E, Haussler D, Hall I, Zook J, Eichler E, Phillippy A, Paten B, Howe K, Miga K. Semi-automated assembly of high-quality diploid human reference genomes. Nature 2022, 611: 519-531. PMID: 36261518, PMCID: PMC9668749, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-05325-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsChromosome MappingChromosomes, HumanDiploidyGenetic VariationGenome, HumanGenomicsHaplotypesHigh-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingHumansReference StandardsSequence Analysis, DNAConceptsDiploid genome assemblyGenome assemblyProtein-coding genesGlobal genetic variationCurrent human reference genomeDiploid human genomeHigh-quality assemblyAccurate long readsNon-synonymous amino acid changesHuman reference genomeAmino acid changesMost chromosomesReference assemblyReference genomeHuman genomeCentromeric regionsGenetic variationHigh diversityGenome sequencingLong readsSingle nucleotideGenomeAcid changesManual curationBiological genomesHigh-coverage whole-genome sequencing of the expanded 1000 Genomes Project cohort including 602 trios
Byrska-Bishop M, Evani U, Zhao X, Basile A, Abel H, Regier A, Corvelo A, Clarke W, Musunuri R, Nagulapalli K, Fairley S, Runnels A, Winterkorn L, Lowy E, Consortium H, Eichler E, Korbel J, Lee C, Marschall T, Devine S, Harvey W, Zhou W, Mills R, Rausch T, Kumar S, Alkan C, Hormozdiari F, Chong Z, Chen Y, Yang X, Lin J, Gerstein M, Kai Y, Zhu Q, Yilmaz F, Xiao C, Flicek P, Germer S, Brand H, Hall I, Talkowski M, Narzisi G, Zody M. High-coverage whole-genome sequencing of the expanded 1000 Genomes Project cohort including 602 trios. Cell 2022, 185: 3426-3440.e19. PMID: 36055201, PMCID: PMC9439720, DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2022.08.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFemaleGenome, HumanHigh-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingHumansINDEL MutationMalePolymorphism, Single NucleotideWhole Genome Sequencing