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ArticleGenome biology and evolution2023

The Impact of Sample Size and Population History on Observed Mutational Spectra: A Case Study in Human and Chimpanzee Populations.

Suhail Ghafoor, João Santos, Cyril J Versoza, Jeffrey D Jensen, Susanne P Pfeifer

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Article in Genome biology and evolution, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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Suhail GhafoorCenter for Evolution and Medicine, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9070-8920
João SantosSchool of Life Sciences, Center for Evolution and Medicine, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4548-4606
Cyril J VersozaSchool of Life Sciences, Center for Evolution and Medicine, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.
Jeffrey D JensenSchool of Life Sciences, Center for Evolution and Medicine, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.
Susanne P PfeiferSchool of Life Sciences, Center for Evolution and Medicine, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1378-2913
Arizona State University · US

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On differentiating selective and neutral evolutionary processesR35GM139383 · NIGMS · ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY-TEMPE CAMPUS · PI JENSEN, JEFFREY D · 2021 to 2025
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent studies have highlighted variation in the mutational spectra among human populations as well as closely related hominoids-yet little remains known about the genetic and nongenetic factors driving these rate changes across the genome. Pinpointing the root causes of these differences is an important endeavor that requires careful comparative analyses of population-specific mutational landscapes at both broad and fine genomic scales. However, several factors can confound such analyses. Although previous studies have shown that technical artifacts, such as sequencing errors and batch effects, can contribute to observed mutational shifts, other potentially confounding parameters have received less attention thus far. Using population genetic simulations of human and chimpanzee populations as an illustrative example, we here show that the sample size required for robust inference of mutational spectra depends on the population-specific demographic history. As a consequence, the power to detect rate changes is high in certain hominoid populations while, for others, currently available sample sizes preclude analyses at fine genomic scales.

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HominidaePan troglodytesAnimalsGenetics, PopulationHumansMutationSample Sizedemographic historymutationmutation spectrumsampling effect

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