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The South Asian genome.

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.

SUBMITTER: Chambers JC

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4130493 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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The South Asian genome.

Chambers John C JC Abbott James J Zhang Weihua W Turro Ernest E Scott William R WR Tan Sian-Tsung ST Afzal Uzma U Afaq Saima S Loh Marie M Lehne Benjamin B O'Reilly Paul P Gaulton Kyle J KJ Pearson Richard D RD Li Xinzhong X Lavery Anita A Vandrovcova Jana J Wass Mark N MN Miller Kathryn K Sehmi Joban J Oozageer Laticia L Kooner Ishminder K IK Al-Hussaini Abtehale A Mills Rebecca R Grewal Jagvir J Panoulas Vasileios V Lewin Alexandra M AM Northwood Korrinne K Wander Gurpreet S GS Geoghegan Frank F Li Yingrui Y Wang Jun J Wang Jun J Aitman Timothy J TJ McCarthy Mark I MI Scott James J Butcher Sarah S Elliott Paul P Kooner Jaspal S JS

PloS one 20140812 8

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 compre ...[more]

PMID: 25115870

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