Search Results - "Graves, Tina A."
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Reconstructing complex regions of genomes using long-read sequencing technology
Published in Genome research (01-04-2014)“…Obtaining high-quality sequence continuity of complex regions of recent segmental duplication remains one of the major challenges of finishing genome…”
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Evolution of Human-Specific Neural SRGAP2 Genes by Incomplete Segmental Duplication
Published in Cell (11-05-2012)“…Gene duplication is an important source of phenotypic change and adaptive evolution. We leverage a haploid hydatidiform mole to identify highly identical…”
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Complete Haplotype Sequence of the Human Immunoglobulin Heavy-Chain Variable, Diversity, and Joining Genes and Characterization of Allelic and Copy-Number Variation
Published in American journal of human genetics (04-04-2013)“…The immunoglobulin heavy-chain locus (IGH) encodes variable (IGHV), diversity (IGHD), joining (IGHJ), and constant (IGHC) genes and is responsible for antibody…”
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Chimpanzee and human Y chromosomes are remarkably divergent in structure and gene content
Published in Nature (London) (28-01-2010)“…The human Y chromosome began to evolve from an autosome hundreds of millions of years ago, acquiring a sex-determining function and undergoing a series of…”
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The structure, function and evolution of a complete human chromosome 8
Published in Nature (London) (06-05-2021)“…The complete assembly of each human chromosome is essential for understanding human biology and evolution 1 , 2 . Here we use complementary long-read…”
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Characterizing the Major Structural Variant Alleles of the Human Genome
Published in Cell (24-01-2019)“…In order to provide a comprehensive resource for human structural variants (SVs), we generated long-read sequence data and analyzed SVs for fifteen human…”
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Discovery and genotyping of structural variation from long-read haploid genome sequence data
Published in Genome research (01-05-2017)“…In an effort to more fully understand the full spectrum of human genetic variation, we generated deep single-molecule, real-time (SMRT) sequencing data from…”
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Genomic Pathology of SLE-Associated Copy-Number Variation at the FCGR2C/FCGR3B/FCGR2B Locus
Published in American journal of human genetics (10-01-2013)“…Reduced FCGR3B copy number is associated with increased risk of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). The five FCGR2/FCGR3 genes are arranged across two highly…”
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A burst of segmental duplications in the genome of the African great ape ancestor
Published in Nature (12-02-2009)“…It is generally accepted that the extent of phenotypic change between human and great apes is dissonant with the rate of molecular change. Between these two…”
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Evolutionary toggling of the MAPT 17q21.31 inversion region
Published in Nature genetics (01-09-2008)“…Evan Eichler and colleagues present a sequence assembly of the inverted H2 haplotype of human chromosome 17q21.31 and show that the inversion is polymorphic in…”
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The physical and genetic framework of the maize B73 genome
Published in PLoS genetics (01-11-2009)“…Maize is a major cereal crop and an important model system for basic biological research. Knowledge gained from maize research can also be used to genetically…”
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Single haplotype assembly of the human genome from a hydatidiform mole
Published in Genome research (01-12-2014)“…A complete reference assembly is essential for accurately interpreting individual genomes and associating variation with phenotypes. While the current human…”
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The evolution of African great ape subtelomeric heterochromatin and the fusion of human chromosome 2
Published in Genome research (01-06-2012)“…Chimpanzee and gorilla chromosomes differ from human chromosomes by the presence of large blocks of subterminal heterochromatin thought to be composed…”
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Sequence analysis in Bos taurus reveals pervasiveness of X-Y arms races in mammalian lineages
Published in Genome research (01-12-2020)“…Studies of Y Chromosome evolution have focused primarily on gene decay, a consequence of suppression of crossing-over with the X Chromosome. Here, we provide…”
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Recurrent structural variation, clustered sites of selection, and disease risk for the complement factor H (CFH) gene family
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (08-05-2018)“…Structural variation and single-nucleotide variation of the complement factor H (CFH) gene family underlie several complex genetic diseases, including…”
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Palindromic GOLGA8 core duplicons promote chromosome 15q13.3 microdeletion and evolutionary instability
Published in Nature genetics (01-12-2014)“…Evan Eichler and colleagues present a detailed characterization of the chromosome 15q13.3 microdeletion region. They identify complex structural polymorphisms…”
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Interchromosomal core duplicons drive both evolutionary instability and disease susceptibility of the Chromosome 8p23.1 region
Published in Genome research (01-11-2016)“…Recurrent rearrangements of Chromosome 8p23.1 are associated with congenital heart defects and developmental delay. The complexity of this region has led to…”
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Punctuated duplication seeding events during the evolution of human chromosome 2p11
Published in Genome research (01-07-2005)“…Primate genomic sequence comparisons are becoming increasingly useful for elucidating the evolutionary history and organization of our own genome. Such studies…”
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The evolution and population diversity of human-specific segmental duplications
Published in Nature ecology & evolution (17-02-2017)“…Segmental duplications contribute to human evolution, adaptation and genomic instability but are often poorly characterized. We investigate the evolution,…”
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A large and complex structural polymorphism at 16p12.1 underlies microdeletion disease risk
Published in Nature genetics (01-09-2010)“…Evan Eichler and colleagues identify a large, complex structural polymorphism at 16p12.1 in a region previously associated with neurocognitive disease. They…”
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