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.
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2016-11-01
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Series: | Nature Communications |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13637 |