An initial map of insertion and deletion (INDEL) variation in the human genome

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Figure 2.
Figure 2.

Genomic distribution of INDELs. The number of INDELs is plotted for each chromosome. The four major classes of INDELs shown in Table 2 are plotted (Single, single-base pair INDEL; Exp, single- and multi-base expansions; Other, other; Trans, transposons). Note that the INDELs generally are distributed throughout the genome according to the amount of DNA that is present on each chromosome. Chromosomes 4, 5, 8, 14, 18, 20, X, and Y are the exceptions. Chromosome 20 has more INDELs than average due to the inclusion of WCS traces from chromosome 20 in our experiments. The remaining exceptions had higher levels of trace coverage in the WGS and/or TSC trace sets.

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  1. Genome Res. 16: 1182-1190

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