2017
Landscape and variation of novel retroduplications in 26 human populations
Zhang Y, Li S, Abyzov A, Gerstein MB. Landscape and variation of novel retroduplications in 26 human populations. PLOS Computational Biology 2017, 13: e1005567. PMID: 28662076, PMCID: PMC5510864, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005567.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsParent genesSequencing dataHigh-coverage exomesLow-coverage whole-genome sequencing dataHuman populationWhole-genome sequencing dataExon-exon junctionsGenomes Phase 3Young L1 elementsPaired-end readsPotential disease associationsRetrotranspositional activityGenomic elementsNucleosome positioningPhylogenetic treeRetroduplicationExome sequencing dataReference genomeGenomic featuresInsertion eventsL1 elementsComprehensive discoveryPopulation markersSNP callingFunctional regions
2013
Analysis of variable retroduplications in human populations suggests coupling of retrotransposition to cell division
Abyzov A, Iskow R, Gokcumen O, Radke DW, Balasubramanian S, Pei B, Habegger L, Consortium T, Lee C, Gerstein M. Analysis of variable retroduplications in human populations suggests coupling of retrotransposition to cell division. Genome Research 2013, 23: 2042-2052. PMID: 24026178, PMCID: PMC3847774, DOI: 10.1101/gr.154625.113.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCell divisionCorrect phylogenetic treeGenomes Project ConsortiumHuman populationTranscription of mRNARetroduplicationPhylogenetic treeParent genesGenomic integrationCell cycleG1 transitionMore copiesGenesRetrotranspositionHuman subpopulationsMultiple linesRetrogenesPseudogenesTranscriptionDivisionRNAVariantsProteinMRNACopiesChild Development and Structural Variation in the Human Genome
Zhang Y, Haraksingh R, Grubert F, Abyzov A, Gerstein M, Weissman S, Urban AE. Child Development and Structural Variation in the Human Genome. Child Development 2013, 84: 34-48. PMID: 23311762, DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12051.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2011
Mapping copy number variation by population-scale genome sequencing
Mills RE, Walter K, Stewart C, Handsaker RE, Chen K, Alkan C, Abyzov A, Yoon SC, Ye K, Cheetham RK, Chinwalla A, Conrad DF, Fu Y, Grubert F, Hajirasouliha I, Hormozdiari F, Iakoucheva LM, Iqbal Z, Kang S, Kidd JM, Konkel MK, Korn J, Khurana E, Kural D, Lam HY, Leng J, Li R, Li Y, Lin CY, Luo R, Mu XJ, Nemesh J, Peckham HE, Rausch T, Scally A, Shi X, Stromberg MP, Stütz AM, Urban AE, Walker JA, Wu J, Zhang Y, Zhang ZD, Batzer MA, Ding L, Marth GT, McVean G, Sebat J, Snyder M, Wang J, Ye K, Eichler EE, Gerstein MB, Hurles ME, Lee C, McCarroll SA, Korbel JO. Mapping copy number variation by population-scale genome sequencing. Nature 2011, 470: 59-65. PMID: 21293372, PMCID: PMC3077050, DOI: 10.1038/nature09708.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMost structural variantsStructural variantsSequencing-based association studiesUnbalanced structural variantsGenomic structural variantsFunctional impactDNA sequencing dataSV hotspotsSV discoveryHuman genomeNucleotide resolutionGene disruptionAdditional structural variantsHigh-frequency deletionSequencing dataGenome sequencingAssociation studiesTandem duplicationNumber variationsGene deletionPartial gene deletionsDeletionCommon mechanismForm of variationSize spectra