Genome structural variation in human evolution.
Trends Genet
; 38(1): 45-58, 2022 01.
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ABSTRACT
Structural variation (SV) is a large difference (typically >100 bp) in the genomic structure of two genomes and includes both copy number variation and variation that does not change copy number of a genomic region, such as an inversion. Improved reference genomes, combined with widespread genome sequencing using short-read sequencing technology, and increasingly using long-read sequencing, have reignited interest in SV. Recent large-scale studies and functional focused analyses have highlighted the role of SV in human evolution. In this review, we highlight human-specific SVs involved in changes in the brain, population-specific SVs that affect response to the environment, including adaptation to diet and infectious diseases, and summarise the contribution of archaic hominin admixture to present-day human SV.
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MEDLINE
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Hominidae
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Variaciones en el Número de Copia de ADN
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Animals
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Humans
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En
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Trends Genet
Asunto de la revista:
GENETICA
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2022
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Article