Modernizing Reference Genome Assemblies
Figure 2
Distribution of issues addressed and an example region.
(Top Panel) Issues for GRCh37, GRCh37.p1, and GRCh37.p2, broken down by type. Issue types are: Clone Problem: The issue is contained within a single clone. This may be a single nucleotide difference or a clone mis-assembly. Path Problem: There is evidence that the tiling path within a given region is incorrect and we will need to update the path. GRC Housekeeping: Changes use to help regularize the tiling path. Missing Sequence: Sequence that we can’t yet place on the assembly. Mapping studies are ongoing to help place these sequences. Variation: There is evidence to suggest that complex variation is complicating a region and an alternate allele may need to be produced. Gap: The issue concerns filling a gap. Unknown: Issue is still under investigation for classification. (Bottom Panel) Details for issue HG-2, a Path Problem. The representation in NCBI36 was a mixed haplotype. The tiling paths for NCBI36 and GRCh37 are shown. Blue clones are anchor clones that are in NCBI36, the GRCh37 chr4 path, and the GRCh37 alternate locus path. Red clones represent the UGT2B17 insertion path and dark gray clones represent the UGT2B17 deletion path. The light gray clone was not used in NCBI36, but was used in GRCh37 to complete the alternate locus.
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