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Title: | The South Asian genome |
Authors: | Chambers, JC Abbott, J Zhang, W Turro, E Scott, WR Tan, ST Afzal, U Afaq, S Loh, M Lehne, B O'Reilly, P Gaulton, KJ Pearson, RD Li, X Lavery, A Vandrovcova, J Wass, MN Miller, K Sehmi, J Oozageer, L Kooner, IK Al-Hussaini, A Mills, R Grewal, J Panoulas, V Lewin, AM Northwood, K Wander, GS Geoghegan, F Li, Y Wang, J Aitman, TJ McCarthy, MI Scott, J Butcher, S Elliott, P Elliott, P Elliott, P Kooner, JS |
Keywords: | DNA sequencing;Genome analysis;South Asians;Genetics of disease |
Issue Date: | 2014 |
Publisher: | Public Library of Science |
Citation: | PLoS ONE, 9(8): e102645, (2014) |
Abstract: | The genetic sequence variation of people from the Indian subcontinent who comprise one-quarter of the world's population, is not well described. We carried out whole genome sequencing of 168 South Asians, along with whole-exome sequencing of 147 South Asians to provide deeper characterisation of coding regions. We identify 12,962,155 autosomal sequence variants, including 2,946,861 new SNPs and 312,738 novel indels. This catalogue of SNPs and indels amongst South Asians provides the first comprehensive map of genetic variation in this major human population, and reveals evidence for selective pressures on genes involved in skin biology, metabolism, infection and immunity. Our results will accelerate the search for the genetic variants underlying susceptibility to disorders such as type-2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease which are highly prevalent amongst South Asians. |
Description: | Genetics of disease Microarrays Variant genotypes Population genetics Sequence alignment Alleles |
URI: | http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0102645 http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/11182 |
DOI: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0102645 |
ISSN: | 1932-6203 |
Appears in Collections: | Dept of Mathematics Research Papers |
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