Nature,
Год журнала:
2022,
Номер
611(7936), С. 519 - 531
Опубликована: Окт. 19, 2022
Abstract
The
current
human
reference
genome,
GRCh38,
represents
over
20
years
of
effort
to
generate
a
high-quality
assembly,
which
has
benefitted
society
1,2
.
However,
it
still
many
gaps
and
errors,
does
not
represent
biological
genome
as
is
blend
multiple
individuals
3,4
Recently,
telomere-to-telomere
reference,
CHM13,
was
generated
with
the
latest
long-read
technologies,
but
derived
from
hydatidiform
mole
cell
line
nearly
homozygous
5
To
address
these
limitations,
Human
Pangenome
Reference
Consortium
formed
goal
creating
high-quality,
cost-effective,
diploid
assemblies
for
pangenome
that
genetic
diversity
6
Here,
in
our
first
scientific
report,
we
determined
combination
sequencing
assembly
approaches
yield
most
complete
accurate
minimal
manual
curation.
Approaches
used
highly
long
reads
parent–child
data
graph-based
haplotype
phasing
during
outperformed
those
did
not.
Developing
top-performing
methods,
containing
only
approximately
four
per
chromosome
on
average,
chromosomes
within
±1%
length
CHM13.
Nearly
48%
protein-coding
genes
have
non-synonymous
amino
acid
changes
between
haplotypes,
centromeric
regions
showed
highest
diversity.
Our
findings
serve
foundation
assembling
near-complete
genomes
at
scale
capture
global
variation
single
nucleotides
structural
rearrangements.
Despite
their
importance
in
disease
and
evolution,
highly
identical
segmental
duplications
(SDs)
are
among
the
last
regions
of
human
reference
genome
(GRCh38)
to
be
fully
sequenced.
Using
a
complete
telomere-to-telomere
(T2T-CHM13),
we
present
comprehensive
view
SD
organization.
SDs
account
for
nearly
one-third
additional
sequence,
increasing
genome-wide
estimate
from
5.4
7.0%
[218
million
base
pairs
(Mbp)].
An
analysis
268
genomes
shows
that
91%
previously
unresolved
T2T-CHM13
sequence
(68.3
Mbp)
better
represents
copy
number
variation.
Comparing
long-read
assemblies
(
Nature Medicine,
Год журнала:
2022,
Номер
28(11), С. 2288 - 2292
Опубликована: Авг. 12, 2022
The
magnitude
of
the
2022
multi-country
monkeypox
virus
(MPXV)
outbreak
has
surpassed
any
preceding
outbreak.
It
is
unclear
whether
asymptomatic
or
otherwise
undiagnosed
infections
are
fuelling
this
epidemic.
In
study,
we
aimed
to
assess
occurred
among
men
attending
a
Belgian
sexual
health
clinic
in
May
2022.
We
retrospectively
screened
224
samples
collected
for
gonorrhea
and
chlamydia
testing
using
an
MPXV
PCR
assay
identified
MPXV-DNA-positive
from
four
men.
At
time
sampling,
one
man
had
painful
rash,
three
reported
no
symptoms.
Upon
clinical
examination
21-37
days
later,
these
were
free
signs,
they
not
having
experienced
Serology
confirmed
exposure
all
men,
was
cultured
two
cases.
These
findings
show
that
certain
cases
remain
suggest
quarantining
individuals
reporting
symptoms
may
suffice
contain
The
development
of
multiple
chromosome-scale
reference
genome
sequences
in
many
taxonomic
groups
has
yielded
a
high-resolution
view
the
patterns
and
processes
molecular
evolution.
Nonetheless,
leveraging
information
across
genomes
remains
significant
challenge
nearly
all
eukaryotic
systems.
These
challenges
range
from
studying
evolution
chromosome
structure,
to
finding
candidate
genes
for
quantitative
trait
loci,
testing
hypotheses
about
speciation
adaptation.
Here,
we
present
GENESPACE,
which
addresses
these
by
integrating
conserved
gene
order
orthology
define
expected
physical
position
genomes.
We
demonstrate
this
utility
dissecting
presence-absence,
copy-number,
structural
variation
at
three
levels
biological
organization:
spanning
300
million
years
vertebrate
sex
evolution,
diversity
Poaceae
(grass)
plant
family,
among
26
maize
cultivars.
methods
build
visualize
syntenic
GENESPACE
R
package
offer
addition
existing
family
synteny
programs,
especially
polyploid,
outbred,
other
complex
genomes.The
is
complete
DNA
sequence
an
individual.
It
crucial
foundation
studies
medicine,
agriculture,
conservation
biology.
Advances
genetics
have
made
it
possible
rapidly
sequence,
or
read
out,
organisms.
For
closely
related
species,
scientists
can
then
do
detailed
comparisons,
revealing
similar
with
shared
past
common
role,
but
comparing
more
distantly
organisms
difficult.
One
major
that
are
often
lost
duplicated
over
evolutionary
time.
way
be
confident
look
‘synteny’,
how
organized
ordered
within
genome.
In
some
persists
millions
Combining
similarity
could
make
comparisons
between
species
robust.
To
this,
Lovell
et
al.
developed
software
links
similarities
This
allows
researchers
explore
determine
whether
been
duplicated.
value
explored
vertebrates
flowering
plants.
was
able
highlight
unique
chromosomes
birds
mammals,
track
positions
important
grass
crops
including
maize,
wheat,
rice.
Exploring
genetic
code
lead
better
understanding
sections
might
also
allow
find
target
applications
like
crop
improvement.
designed
easy
use,
allowing
them
graphics
perform
analyses
few
programming
skills.
Over
100
years
of
studies
in
Drosophila
melanogaster
and
related
species
the
genus
have
facilitated
key
discoveries
genetics,
genomics,
evolution.
While
high-quality
genome
assemblies
exist
for
several
this
group,
they
only
encompass
a
small
fraction
genus.
Recent
advances
long-read
sequencing
allow
tens
or
even
hundreds
to
be
efficiently
generated.
Here,
we
utilize
Oxford
Nanopore
build
an
open
community
resource
101
lines
93
drosophilid
encompassing
14
groups
35
sub-groups.
The
genomes
are
highly
contiguous
complete,
with
average
contig
N50
10.5
Mb
greater
than
97%
BUSCO
completeness
97/101
assemblies.
We
show
that
Nanopore-based
accurate
coding
regions,
particularly
respect
insertions
deletions.
These
assemblies,
along
detailed
laboratory
protocol
assembly
pipelines,
released
as
public
will
serve
starting
point
addressing
broad
questions
ecology,
evolution
at
scale
species.
Bioinformatics,
Год журнала:
2022,
Номер
38(10), С. 2922 - 2926
Опубликована: Апрель 14, 2022
Third-generation
genome
sequencing
technologies
have
led
to
a
sharp
increase
in
the
number
of
high-quality
assemblies.
This
allows
comparison
multiple
assembled
genomes
individual
species
and
demands
new
tools
for
visualising
their
structural
properties.
Here
we
present
plotsr,
an
efficient
tool
visualize
similarities
rearrangements
between
genomes.
It
can
be
used
compare
on
chromosome
level
or
zoom
any
selected
region.
In
addition,
plotsr
augment
visualisation
with
regional
identifiers
(e.g.
genes
genomic
markers)
histogram
tracks
continuous
features
GC
content
polymorphism
density).plotsr
is
implemented
as
python
package
uses
standard
matplotlib
library
plotting.
freely
available
under
MIT
license
at
GitHub
(https://github.com/schneebergerlab/plotsr)
bioconda
(https://anaconda.org/bioconda/plotsr).Supplementary
data
are
Bioinformatics
online.
Long-read
sequencing
data,
particularly
those
derived
from
the
Oxford
Nanopore
platform,
tend
to
exhibit
high
error
rates.
Here,
we
present
NextDenovo,
an
efficient
correction
and
assembly
tool
for
noisy
long
reads,
which
achieves
a
level
of
accuracy
in
genome
assembly.
We
apply
NextDenovo
assemble
35
diverse
human
genomes
around
world
using
long-read
data.
These
allow
us
identify
landscape
segmental
duplication
gene
copy
number
variation
modern
populations.
The
use
should
pave
way
population-scale