Unravelling inversions: Technological advances, challenges, and potential impact on crop breeding

H Hu, A Scheben, J Wang, F Li, C Li… - Plant biotechnology …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Inversions, a type of chromosomal structural variation, significantly influence plant
adaptation and gene functions by impacting gene expression and recombination rates …

[HTML][HTML] A 25-year odyssey of genomic technology advances and structural variant discovery

D Porubsky, EE Eichler - Cell, 2024 - cell.com
This perspective focuses on advances in genome technology over the last 25 years and
their impact on germline variant discovery within the field of human genetics. The field has …

A draft human pangenome reference

WW Liao, M Asri, J Ebler, D Doerr, M Haukness… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Here the Human Pangenome Reference Consortium presents a first draft of the
human pangenome reference. The pangenome contains 47 phased, diploid assemblies …

Recombination between heterologous human acrocentric chromosomes

A Guarracino, S Buonaiuto, LG de Lima, T Potapova… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
The short arms of the human acrocentric chromosomes 13, 14, 15, 21 and 22 (SAACs) share
large homologous regions, including ribosomal DNA repeats and extended segmental …

High-coverage nanopore sequencing of samples from the 1000 Genomes Project to build a comprehensive catalog of human genetic variation

JA Gustafson, SB Gibson, N Damaraju… - Genome …, 2024 - genome.cshlp.org
Fewer than half of individuals with a suspected Mendelian or monogenic condition receive a
precise molecular diagnosis after comprehensive clinical genetic testing. Improvements in …

Exploring gene content with pangene graphs

H Li, M Marin, MR Farhat - Bioinformatics, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Motivation The gene content regulates the biology of an organism. It varies between species
and between individuals of the same species. Although tools have been developed to …

Recurrent evolution and selection shape structural diversity at the amylase locus

D Bolognini, A Halgren, RN Lou, A Raveane, JL Rocha… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
The adoption of agriculture triggered a rapid shift towards starch-rich diets in human
populations. Amylase genes facilitate starch digestion, and increased amylase copy number …

A super-pangenome of the North American wild grape species

N Cochetel, A Minio, A Guarracino, JF Garcia… - Genome Biology, 2023 - Springer
Background Capturing the genetic diversity of wild relatives is crucial for improving crops
because wild species are valuable sources of agronomic traits that are essential to enhance …

Comparing methods for constructing and representing human pangenome graphs

F Andreace, P Lechat, Y Dufresne, R Chikhi - Genome biology, 2023 - Springer
Background As a single reference genome cannot possibly represent all the variation
present across human individuals, pangenome graphs have been introduced to incorporate …

Grapevine pangenome facilitates trait genetics and genomic breeding

Z Liu, N Wang, Y Su, Q Long, Y Peng, L Shangguan… - Nature Genetics, 2024 - nature.com
Grapevine breeding is hindered by a limited understanding of the genetic basis of complex
agronomic traits. This study constructs a graph-based pangenome reference (Grapepan v …