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A John Iafrate1, Lars Feuk, Miguel N Rivera, Marc L Listewnik, Patricia K Donahoe, Ying Qi, Stephen W Scherer, Charles Lee.
Abstract
We identified 255 loci across the human genome that contain genomic imbalances among unrelated individuals. Twenty-four variants are present in > 10% of the individuals that we examined. Half of these regions overlap with genes, and many coincide with segmental duplications or gaps in the human genome assembly. This previously unappreciated heterogeneity may underlie certain human phenotypic variation and susceptibility to disease and argues for a more dynamic human genome structure.Entities:
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Year: 2004 PMID: 15286789 DOI: 10.1038/ng1416
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nat Genet ISSN: 1061-4036 Impact factor: 38.330