Nature Communications (Dec 2022)

Whole genome sequencing identifies structural variants contributing to hematologic traits in the NHLBI TOPMed program

  • Marsha M. Wheeler,
  • Adrienne M. Stilp,
  • Shuquan Rao,
  • Bjarni V. Halldórsson,
  • Doruk Beyter,
  • Jia Wen,
  • Anna V. Mihkaylova,
  • Caitlin P. McHugh,
  • John Lane,
  • Min-Zhi Jiang,
  • Laura M. Raffield,
  • Goo Jun,
  • Fritz J. Sedlazeck,
  • Ginger Metcalf,
  • Yao Yao,
  • Joshua B. Bis,
  • Nathalie Chami,
  • Paul S. de Vries,
  • Pinkal Desai,
  • James S. Floyd,
  • Yan Gao,
  • Kai Kammers,
  • Wonji Kim,
  • Jee-Young Moon,
  • Aakrosh Ratan,
  • Lisa R. Yanek,
  • Laura Almasy,
  • Lewis C. Becker,
  • John Blangero,
  • Michael H. Cho,
  • Joanne E. Curran,
  • Myriam Fornage,
  • Robert C. Kaplan,
  • Joshua P. Lewis,
  • Ruth J. F. Loos,
  • Braxton D. Mitchell,
  • Alanna C. Morrison,
  • Michael Preuss,
  • Bruce M. Psaty,
  • Stephen S. Rich,
  • Jerome I. Rotter,
  • Hua Tang,
  • Russell P. Tracy,
  • Eric Boerwinkle,
  • Goncalo R. Abecasis,
  • Thomas W. Blackwell,
  • Albert V. Smith,
  • Andrew D. Johnson,
  • Rasika A. Mathias,
  • Deborah A. Nickerson,
  • Matthew P. Conomos,
  • Yun Li,
  • Unnur Þorsteinsdóttir,
  • Magnús K. Magnússon,
  • Kari Stefansson,
  • Nathan D. Pankratz,
  • Daniel E. Bauer,
  • Paul L. Auer,
  • Alex P. Reiner

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35354-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 18

Abstract

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Most genetic association studies have been done on single nucleotide polymorphisms and small indels, while other types of variants have been less studied. Here, the authors use whole genome sequencing in a diverse population to identify and provide experimental evidence for associations between structural variants and blood-cell traits.