Variant calling and benchmarking in an era of complete human genome sequences

ND Olson, J Wagner, N Dwarshuis, KH Miga… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Genetic variant calling from DNA sequencing has enabled understanding of germline
variation in hundreds of thousands of humans. Sequencing technologies and variant-calling …

Measuring and interpreting transposable element expression

S Lanciano, G Cristofari - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2020 - nature.com
Transposable elements (TEs) are insertional mutagens that contribute greatly to the
plasticity of eukaryotic genomes, influencing the evolution and adaptation of species as well …

Single-nucleus cross-tissue molecular reference maps toward understanding disease gene function

G Eraslan, E Drokhlyansky, S Anand, E Fiskin… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Understanding gene function and regulation in homeostasis and disease requires
knowledge of the cellular and tissue contexts in which genes are expressed. Here, we …

A multi-tissue atlas of regulatory variants in cattle

S Liu, Y Gao, O Canela-Xandri, S Wang, Y Yu, W Cai… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Characterization of genetic regulatory variants acting on livestock gene expression
is essential for interpreting the molecular mechanisms underlying traits of economic value …

Analyses of non-coding somatic drivers in 2,658 cancer whole genomes

E Rheinbay, MM Nielsen, F Abascal, JA Wala… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
The discovery of drivers of cancer has traditionally focused on protein-coding genes,,–. Here
we present analyses of driver point mutations and structural variants in non-coding regions …

Grey wolf genomic history reveals a dual ancestry of dogs

A Bergström, DWG Stanton, UH Taron, L Frantz… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
The grey wolf (Canis lupus) was the first species to give rise to a domestic population, and
they remained widespread throughout the last Ice Age when many other large mammal …

Tracing the evolutionary history and global expansion of Candida auris using population genomic analyses

NA Chow, JF Muñoz, L Gade, EL Berkow, X Li… - MBio, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
Candida auris has emerged globally as a multidrug-resistant yeast that can spread via
nosocomial transmission. An initial phylogenetic study of isolates from Japan, India …

Mapping and characterization of structural variation in 17,795 human genomes

HJ Abel, DE Larson, AA Regier, C Chiang, I Das… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
A key goal of whole-genome sequencing for studies of human genetics is to interrogate all
forms of variation, including single-nucleotide variants, small insertion or deletion (indel) …

Multimodal analysis of cell-free DNA whole-genome sequencing for pediatric cancers with low mutational burden

P Peneder, AM Stütz, D Surdez, M Krumbholz… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Sequencing of cell-free DNA in the blood of cancer patients (liquid biopsy) provides
attractive opportunities for early diagnosis, assessment of treatment response, and minimally …

A dominant-negative effect drives selection of TP53 missense mutations in myeloid malignancies

S Boettcher, PG Miller, R Sharma, M McConkey… - Science, 2019 - science.org
TP53, which encodes the tumor suppressor p53, is the most frequently mutated gene in
human cancer. The selective pressures shaping its mutational spectrum, dominated by …