A genome-wide comparison of the functional properties of rare and common genetic variants in humans

Q Zhu, D Ge, JM Maia, M Zhu, S Petrovski… - … of Human Genetics, 2011 - cell.com
variants in which the major alleles are derived. These analyses indicate that the majority of
the genetic variation in … selection, and have direct relevance to the study of human disease. …

ViruClust: direct comparison of SARS-CoV-2 genomes and genetic variants in space and time

L Cilibrasi, P Pinoli, A Bernasconi, A Canakoglu… - …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
… the Delta SARS-CoV-2 variant, and derived relevant observations. … and the direct comparison
of viral genomes and genetic variants in … of variants and/or mutations of potential concern. …

[PDF][PDF] Very rare pathogenic genetic variants detected by SNP-chips are usually false positives: implications for direct-to-consumer genetic testing

MN Weedon, L Jackson, JW Harrison, KS Ruth… - …, 2019 - pdfs.semanticscholar.org
… to include rare genetic variants that cause heritable genetic diseases and have direct clinical
… positions that were reported in hg37 to hg38 coordinates for direct comparison with NGS …

Common genetic variants account for differences in gene expression among ethnic groups

RS Spielman, LA Bastone, JT Burdick, M Morley… - … genetics, 2007 - nature.com
… that specific genetic variation among populations contributes appreciably to differences in
gene … The most direct comparison between CEU and CHB+JPT, with respect to regulatory …

A systematic approach to assessing the clinical significance of genetic variants

H Duzkale, J Shen, H McLaughlin, A Alfares… - … genetics, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
… for each variant to be disease causing. In this report, we highlight the principles of variant
By sharing our experience and providing a framework for variant assessment, including …

Comparing G: multivariate analysis of genetic variation in multiple populations

JD Aguirre, E Hine, K McGuigan, MW Blows - Heredity, 2014 - nature.com
… one pairwise comparison of genetic variances for … comparison of genetic variances (r 1 in
Table 1). The leading eigenvector of R represented a trait combination that has a high genetic

Structural comparison of glycophorins and immunochemical analysis of genetic variants

H Furthmayr - Nature, 1978 - nature.com
… We further confirm previous suggestions that certain genetic variants at the MN locus
entirely lack glycophorin A"*", but genetically determined loss of MN activity is not necessarily …

Identifying genetic variants underlying phenotypic variation in plants without complete genomes

Y Voichek, D Weigel - Nature genetics, 2020 - nature.com
directly comparing short reads between two samples is not very effective. Instead, genetic
variants … , can identify a broad range of genetic variants. For example, two genomes differing in …

Assessing the analytical validity of SNP-chips for detecting very rare pathogenic variants: implications for direct-to-consumer genetic testing

MN Weedon, L Jackson, JW Harrison, KS Ruth… - BioRxiv, 2019 - biorxiv.org
… Single gene disorders are usually caused by genetic variants that … gene-specific comparison
with SNP-chip genotypes in UKB, we included directly genotyped single nucleotide variants

The contribution of genetic variants to disease depends on the ruler

JS Witte, PM Visscher, NR Wray - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2014 - nature.com
Our understanding of the genetic basis of disease has evolved from descriptions of overall
heritability or familiality to the identification of large numbers of risk loci. One can quantify the …