An ethnically relevant consensus Korean reference genome is a step towards personal reference genomes
The utility of a universal reference sequence for human genome comparisons is dependent on the ethnic origins of the individuals being sequenced. Here the authors report a Korean reference genome and consensus variome, and show that an ethnically-relevant reference can improve variant detection.
Bibliographic Details
| Main Authors: |
Yun Sung Cho,
Hyunho Kim,
Hak-Min Kim,
Sungwoong Jho,
JeHoon Jun,
Yong Joo Lee,
Kyun Shik Chae,
Chang Geun Kim,
Sangsoo Kim,
Anders Eriksson,
Jeremy S. Edwards,
Semin Lee,
Byung Chul Kim,
Andrea Manica,
Tae-Kwang Oh,
George M. Church,
Jong Bhak |
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| Format: | Article
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| Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2016-11-01
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| Series: | Nature Communications
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13637
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