Evolutionary and functional impact of common polymorphic inversions in the human genome

Inversions are a little-studied type of genomic variation that could contribute to phenotypic traits. Here the authors characterize 45 common polymorphic inversions in human populations and investigate their evolutionary and functional impact.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Carla Giner-Delgado, Sergi Villatoro, Jon Lerga-Jaso, Magdalena Gayà-Vidal, Meritxell Oliva, David Castellano, Lorena Pantano, Bárbara D. Bitarello, David Izquierdo, Isaac Noguera, Iñigo Olalde, Alejandra Delprat, Antoine Blancher, Carles Lalueza-Fox, Tõnu Esko, Paul F. O’Reilly, Aida M. Andrés, Luca Ferretti, Marta Puig, Mario Cáceres
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-09-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12173-x