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Structural variation (SV) represents a major source of differences between individual human genomes and has been linked to disease phenotypes. However, the majority of studies provide neither a global view of the full spectrum of these variants nor integrate them into reference panels of genetic variation. Here, we analyse whole genome sequencing data of 769 individuals from 250 Dutch families, and provide a haplotype-resolved map of 1.9 million genome variants across 9 different variant classes, including novel forms of complex indels, and retrotransposition-mediated insertions of mobile elements and processed RNAs. A large proportion are previously under reported variants sized between 21 and 100 bp. We detect 4 megabases of novel sequence, encoding 11 new transcripts. Finally, we show 191 known, trait-associated SNPs to be in strong linkage disequilibrium with SVs and demonstrate that our panel facilitates accurate imputation of SVs in unrelated individuals.

Original publication

DOI

10.1038/ncomms12989

Type

Journal article

Journal

Nat Commun

Publication Date

06/10/2016

Volume

7

Keywords

Algorithms, Chromosomes, Computational Biology, Gene Deletion, Genome, Human, Genomic Structural Variation, Genomics, Genotype, Haplotypes, Humans, INDEL Mutation, Linkage Disequilibrium, Netherlands, Polymerase Chain Reaction, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, RNA, Sequence Analysis, DNA, Sequence Analysis, RNA, Software