Nature Communications (Nov 2021)

Structural variants in the Chinese population and their impact on phenotypes, diseases and population adaptation

  • Zhikun Wu,
  • Zehang Jiang,
  • Tong Li,
  • Chuanbo Xie,
  • Liansheng Zhao,
  • Jiaqi Yang,
  • Shuai Ouyang,
  • Yizhi Liu,
  • Tao Li,
  • Zhi Xie

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26856-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Although many studies have characterized genetic variation in human populations, few have investigated structural variation and few have been in non-European populations. Here, the authors have performed long read sequencing on 405 Chinese individuals to identify structural variants and link them to phenotypes.