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An assessment of the genomic structural variation landscape in Sub-Saharan African populations.

Emma Wiener, Laura Cottino, Gerrit Botha, Oscar Nyangiri, Harry Noyes, Annette McLeod, David Jakubosky, Clement Adebamowo, Phillip Awadalla, Guida Landouré and 12 more

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22 authors.

Emma WienerSydney Brenner Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0001-9184-0264
Laura CottinoSydney Brenner Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Gerrit BothaComputational Biology Unit, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
Oscar NyangiriCollege of Veterinary Medicine, Animal Resources and Biosecurity Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.ORCID 0000-0003-2741-2921
Harry NoyesCentre for Genomic Research, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom.
Annette McLeodInstitute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-0150-5049
David JakuboskyDepartment of Biomedical Informatics, University of California, San Diego, United States of America.
Clement AdebamowoDepartment of Epidemiology and Public Health and Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, United States of America.
Phillip AwadallaOntario Institute for Cancer Research, Toronto, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-9946-6393
Guida LandouréFaculty of Medicine and Odontostomatology University of Sciences, Techniques and Technology of Bamako, Bamako Mali.
Mogomotsi MatshabaBotswana-Baylor Children's Clinical Center of Excellence, Gaborone, Botswana.
Enock MatovuCollege of Veterinary Medicine, Animal Resources and Biosecurity Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
Michèle RamsaySydney Brenner Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-4156-4801
Gustave SimoMolecular Parasitology and Entomology Unit, Department of Biochemistry University of Dschang, Dschang, Cameroon.
Martin SimuunzaDepartment of Disease Control, School of Veterinary Medicine University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia.ORCID 0000-0001-6621-7470
Caroline TiemessenCentre for HIV and STIs, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, National Health Laboratory Services and Faculty of Health Sciences University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-0991-1690
Ambroise WonkamMcKusick-Nathans Institute and Department of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0003-1420-9051
Venesa SahibdeenDivision of Human Genetics, National Health Laboratory Service and School of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Amanda KrauseDivision of Human Genetics, National Health Laboratory Service and School of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Zané LombardDivision of Human Genetics, National Health Laboratory Service and School of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-7997-2616
Scott HazelhurstSydney Brenner Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-0581-149X
as members of the H3Africa Consortium

Funding

The Human Genome Sequencing CenterU54HG003273 · NHGRI · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI GIBBS, RICHARD A · 2004 to 2015
$341.3M
H3ABioNet: informatics solutions for H3AfricaU24HG006941 · NHGRI · UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN · PI MULDER, NICOLA · 2017 to 2021
$12.9M
Shared Core: Biobanking, Bioinformatics and Data ManagementU54HG006938 · NHGRI · WITS HEALTH CONSORTIUM (PTY), LTD · PI RAMSAY, MICHELE MICHELE · 2012 to 2022
$12.2M
Phenotyping and BioarchivingU54AI110398 · NIAID · BOTSWANA BAYLOR CHILD/CLINCAL CTR/EXCELL · PI MATSHABA, MOGOMOTSI SANDY · 2014 to 2021
$8.9M
African Collaborative Center for Microbiome and Genomics Research (ACCME)U54HG006947 · NHGRI · INSTITUTE OF HUMAN VIROLOGY · PI ADEBAMOWO, CLEMENT ADEBAYO · 2013 to 2018
$5.7M
Deciphering Developmental Disorders in Africa (DDD-Africa) - Evaluating Clinical Exome Sequencing in an African SettingU01MH115483 · NIMH · WITS HEALTH CONSORTIUM (PTY), LTD · PI LOMBARD, ZANE · 2017 to 2021
$1.3M
Advancing discovery for developmental disorders - expanded analysis of the DDD-Africa resourceU01HD114537 · NICHD · WITS HEALTH CONSORTIUM (PTY), LTD · PI LOMBARD, ZANE · 2023 to 2025
$747k
NHGRI NIH HHS U24 HG006941NHGRI NIH HHS U54 HG003273NHGRI NIH HHS U54 HG006938NHGRI NIH HHS U54 HG006947NIAID NIH HHS U54 AI110398NICHD NIH HHS U01 HD114537NIMH NIH HHS U01 MH115483Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Structural variants are responsible for a large part of genomic variation between individuals and play a role in both common and rare diseases. Databases cataloguing structural variants notably do not represent the full spectrum of global diversity, particularly missing information from most African populations. To address this representation gap, we analysed 1,091 high-coverage African genomes, 545 of which are public data sets, and 546 which have been analysed for structural variants for the first time. Variants were called using five different tools and datasets merged and jointly called using SURVIVOR. We identified 67,795 structural variants throughout the genome, with 10,421 genes having at least one variant. Using a conservative overlap in merged data, 6,414 of the structural variants (9.5%) are novel compared to the Database of Genomic Variants. This study contributes to knowledge of the landscape of structural variant diversity in Africa and presents a reliable dataset for potential applications in population genetics and health-related research.

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African diversitycopy number variantsgenomic variationStructural variants

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PMID39041024
PMCPMC11261963

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