Human genome sequence variation and the influence of gene history, mutation and recombination.
Variation in the human genome sequence is key to understanding susceptibility to disease in modern populations and the history of ancestral populations. Unlocking this information requires knowledge of the patterns and underlying causes of human sequence diversity. By applying a new population-genet...
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| author | Reich, D Schaffner, S Daly, M McVean, G Mullikin, J Higgins, J Richter, D Lander, E Altshuler, D |
| author_facet | Reich, D Schaffner, S Daly, M McVean, G Mullikin, J Higgins, J Richter, D Lander, E Altshuler, D |
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| description | Variation in the human genome sequence is key to understanding susceptibility to disease in modern populations and the history of ancestral populations. Unlocking this information requires knowledge of the patterns and underlying causes of human sequence diversity. By applying a new population-genetic framework to two genome-wide polymorphism surveys, we find that the human genome contains sizeable regions (stretching over tens of thousands of base pairs) that have intrinsically high and low rates of sequence variation. We show that the primary determinant of these patterns is shared genealogical history. Only a fraction of the variation (at most 25%) is due to the local mutation rate. By measuring the average distance over which genealogical histories are typically preserved, these data provide the first genome-wide estimate of the average extent of correlation among variants (linkage disequilibrium). The results are best explained by extreme variability in the recombination rate at a fine scale, and provide the first empirical evidence that such recombination 'hot spots' are a general feature of the human genome and have a principal role in shaping genetic variation in the human population. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:f7553f42-02d1-4d70-8c99-a1c51f63919d2022-03-27T12:41:56ZHuman genome sequence variation and the influence of gene history, mutation and recombination.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:f7553f42-02d1-4d70-8c99-a1c51f63919dEnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2002Reich, DSchaffner, SDaly, MMcVean, GMullikin, JHiggins, JRichter, DLander, EAltshuler, DVariation in the human genome sequence is key to understanding susceptibility to disease in modern populations and the history of ancestral populations. Unlocking this information requires knowledge of the patterns and underlying causes of human sequence diversity. By applying a new population-genetic framework to two genome-wide polymorphism surveys, we find that the human genome contains sizeable regions (stretching over tens of thousands of base pairs) that have intrinsically high and low rates of sequence variation. We show that the primary determinant of these patterns is shared genealogical history. Only a fraction of the variation (at most 25%) is due to the local mutation rate. By measuring the average distance over which genealogical histories are typically preserved, these data provide the first genome-wide estimate of the average extent of correlation among variants (linkage disequilibrium). The results are best explained by extreme variability in the recombination rate at a fine scale, and provide the first empirical evidence that such recombination 'hot spots' are a general feature of the human genome and have a principal role in shaping genetic variation in the human population. |
| spellingShingle | Reich, D Schaffner, S Daly, M McVean, G Mullikin, J Higgins, J Richter, D Lander, E Altshuler, D Human genome sequence variation and the influence of gene history, mutation and recombination. |
| title | Human genome sequence variation and the influence of gene history, mutation and recombination. |
| title_full | Human genome sequence variation and the influence of gene history, mutation and recombination. |
| title_fullStr | Human genome sequence variation and the influence of gene history, mutation and recombination. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Human genome sequence variation and the influence of gene history, mutation and recombination. |
| title_short | Human genome sequence variation and the influence of gene history, mutation and recombination. |
| title_sort | human genome sequence variation and the influence of gene history mutation and recombination |
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