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ReviewHuman genetics2017

Human Y chromosome copy number variation in the next generation sequencing era and beyond.

Andrea Massaia, Yali Xue

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Review in Human genetics, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed.

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  12. Consequences of Y chromosome microdeletions beyond male infertility.Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics · 2019
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Andrea MassaiaNational Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, SW7 2AZ, UK. a.massaia@imperial.ac.uk.
Yali XueWellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, CB10 1SA, UK. ylx@sanger.ac.uk.

Funding

Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust 098051
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The human Y chromosome provides a fertile ground for structural rearrangements owing to its haploidy and high content of repeated sequences. The methodologies used for copy number variation (CNV) studies have developed over the years. Low-throughput techniques based on direct observation of rearrangements were developed early on, and are still used, often to complement array-based or sequencing approaches which have limited power in regions with high repeat content and specifically in the presence of long, identical repeats, such as those found in human sex chromosomes. Some specific rearrangements have been investigated for decades; because of their effects on fertility, or their outstanding evolutionary features, the interest in these has not diminished. However, following the flourishing of large-scale genomics, several studies have investigated CNVs across the whole chromosome. These studies sometimes employ data generated within large genomic projects such as the DDD study or the 1000 Genomes Project, and often survey large samples of healthy individuals without any prior selection. Novel technologies based on sequencing long molecules and combinations of technologies, promise to stimulate the study of Y-CNVs in the immediate future.

Indexed as

High-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingChromosome MappingChromosomes, Human, YDNA Copy Number VariationsGenetic VariationGenome, HumanGenomicsHumansMaleSequence Analysis, DNA

Identifiers

PMID28378101
PMCPMC5418319

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