Molecular Ecology,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
unknown
Опубликована: Дек. 17, 2024
ABSTRACT
The
field
of
conservation
genomics
is
becoming
increasingly
interested
in
whether,
and
how,
structural
variant
(SV)
genotype
information
can
be
leveraged
the
management
threatened
species.
functional
consequences
SVs
are
more
complex
than
for
single
nucleotide
polymorphisms
(SNPs),
as
typically
impact
a
larger
proportion
genome
due
to
their
size
thus
may
likely
contribute
load.
While
impacts
SV‐specific
genetic
load
less
consequential
large
populations,
interplay
between
weakened
selection
stochastic
processes
means
that
smaller
such
those
Aotearoa
hihi/New
Zealand
stitchbird
(
Notiomystis
cincta
),
harbour
high
SV
Hihi
were
once
confined
remnant
population,
but
have
been
reestablished
into
six
sanctuaries
reserves,
often
via
secondary
bottlenecks,
resulting
low
diversity,
adaptive
potential,
inbreeding
depression.
In
this
study,
we
use
whole
resequencing
30
individuals
from
Tiritiri
Matangi
population
identify
nature
distribution
both
SNPs
within
small
avian
population.
We
find
SNP
individual
mutation
only
moderately
correlated,
because
arise
regions
recombination
evolutionarily
conserved.
Finally,
leverage
long‐term
monitoring
dataset
pedigree
fitness
data
assess
loads
on
fitness,
realised
had
similar
negative
correlations
with
lifetime
fitness.
However,
masked
metrics,
positive
significant
correlation
indicating
masking
deleterious
alleles
important
SNPs.
results
study
indicate
examining
neglects
aspects
intra‐specific
variation
studying
has
direct
implications
linking
diversity
genomic
health
inform
decisions.
medRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory),
Год журнала:
2023,
Номер
unknown
Опубликована: Дек. 22, 2023
Advancements
in
long-read
sequencing
technology
have
accelerated
the
study
of
large
structural
variants
(SVs).
We
created
a
curated,
publicly
available,
multi-ancestry
SV
imputation
panel
by
888
samples
from
1000
Genomes
Project.
This
high-quality
was
used
to
impute
SVs
approximately
500,000
UK
Biobank
participants.
demonstrated
feasibility
conducting
genome-wide
association
studies
at
biobank
scale
using
32
disease-relevant
phenotypes
related
respiratory,
cardiometabolic
and
liver
diseases,
addition
1,463
protein
levels.
analysis
identified
thousands
significant
associations,
including
hundreds
conditionally
independent
signals,
thereby
enabling
novel
biological
insights.
Focusing
on
genetic
lung
function
as
an
example,
we
demonstrate
added
value
for
prioritising
causal
genes
gene-rich
loci
compared
traditional
GWAS
only
short
variants.
envision
that
future
post-GWAS
gene-prioritisation
workflows
will
incorporate
analyses
this
framework.
Nature Communications,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
15(1)
Опубликована: Дек. 30, 2024
Deciphering
how
noncoding
DNA
determines
gene
expression
is
critical
for
decoding
the
functional
genome.
Understanding
transcription
effects
of
genetic
variants
are
still
major
unsolved
problems,
which
downstream
applications
in
human
genetics
and
precision
medicine.
Here,
we
integrate
regulatory-specific
neural
networks
tissue-specific
gradient-boosting
trees
to
build
SVEN:
a
hybrid
sequence-oriented
architecture
that
can
accurately
predict
level
quantify
transcriptomic
impacts
structural
across
more
than
350
tissues
cell
lines.
We
further
systematically
screen
large-scale
dataset
derived
from
3622
individuals
clinical
ClinVar,
provide
an
overview
population.
As
model,
SVEN
also
able
regulatory
small
variants.
expect
will
enable
effective
silico
analysis
interpretation
genome-wide
disease-related
medRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory),
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
unknown
Опубликована: Ноя. 11, 2024
Age-related
macular
degeneration
(AMD)
is
a
prevalent
cause
of
vision
loss
in
the
elderly
with
limited
therapeutic
options.
A
single
chromosomal
region
around
complement
factor
H
gene
(
Molecular Ecology,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
unknown
Опубликована: Дек. 17, 2024
ABSTRACT
The
field
of
conservation
genomics
is
becoming
increasingly
interested
in
whether,
and
how,
structural
variant
(SV)
genotype
information
can
be
leveraged
the
management
threatened
species.
functional
consequences
SVs
are
more
complex
than
for
single
nucleotide
polymorphisms
(SNPs),
as
typically
impact
a
larger
proportion
genome
due
to
their
size
thus
may
likely
contribute
load.
While
impacts
SV‐specific
genetic
load
less
consequential
large
populations,
interplay
between
weakened
selection
stochastic
processes
means
that
smaller
such
those
Aotearoa
hihi/New
Zealand
stitchbird
(
Notiomystis
cincta
),
harbour
high
SV
Hihi
were
once
confined
remnant
population,
but
have
been
reestablished
into
six
sanctuaries
reserves,
often
via
secondary
bottlenecks,
resulting
low
diversity,
adaptive
potential,
inbreeding
depression.
In
this
study,
we
use
whole
resequencing
30
individuals
from
Tiritiri
Matangi
population
identify
nature
distribution
both
SNPs
within
small
avian
population.
We
find
SNP
individual
mutation
only
moderately
correlated,
because
arise
regions
recombination
evolutionarily
conserved.
Finally,
leverage
long‐term
monitoring
dataset
pedigree
fitness
data
assess
loads
on
fitness,
realised
had
similar
negative
correlations
with
lifetime
fitness.
However,
masked
metrics,
positive
significant
correlation
indicating
masking
deleterious
alleles
important
SNPs.
results
study
indicate
examining
neglects
aspects
intra‐specific
variation
studying
has
direct
implications
linking
diversity
genomic
health
inform
decisions.