Towards a reference genome that captures global genetic diversity

oleh: Karen H. Y. Wong, Walfred Ma, Chun-Yu Wei, Erh-Chan Yeh, Wan-Jia Lin, Elin H. F. Wang, Jen-Ping Su, Feng-Jen Hsieh, Hsiao-Jung Kao, Hsiao-Huei Chen, Stephen K. Chow, Eleanor Young, Catherine Chu, Annie Poon, Chi-Fan Yang, Dar-Shong Lin, Yu-Feng Hu, Jer-Yuarn Wu, Ni-Chung Lee, Wuh-Liang Hwu, Dario Boffelli, David Martin, Ming Xiao, Pui-Yan Kwok

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2020-10-01

Deskripsi

The human reference genome does not fully reflect human genetic diversity. Here, the authors analyse 338 human genome assemblies from diverse populations to identify missing sequences, define non-reference unique insertions and construct a Human Diversity Reference.