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We sequenced the genome of a Pakistani male at 25.5x coverage using massively parallel sequencing technology. More than 90% of the sequence reads were mapped to the human reference genome. In subsequent analysis, we identified 3 224 311 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), of which 388 532 (12% of the total SNPs) had not been previously recorded in single nucleotide polymorphism database (dbSNP) or the 1000 Genomes Project database. The 5991 non-synonymous coding variants were screened for deleterious or disease-associated SNPs. Analysis of genes with deleterious SNPs identified ‘retinoic acid signaling’ and ‘regulation of transcription’ as the enriched Gene Ontology terms. Scanning of non-synonymous SNPs against the OMIM revealed several disease and phenotype-associated variants in Pakistani genome. Comparative analysis with Indian genome sequence revealed >1.8 million shared SNPs; 32% of which were annotated in ∼14 000 genes. Gene Ontology (GO) terms analysis of these genes identified ‘response to jasmonic acid stimulus’, ‘aminoglycoside antibiotic metabolic process’ and ‘glycoside metabolic process’ with considerable enrichment. A total of 59 558 of small indels (1–5 bp) and 16 063 large structural variations were found; 54% of which was novel. Substantial number of novel structural variations discovered in Pakistani genome enforced previous inferences that (a) structural variations are major type of variation in the genome and (b) compared with SNPs, they putatively exhibit equivalent or superior functional roles. This genome sequence information will be an important reference for population-wide genomics studies of ethnically diverse South Asian subcontinent.
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Conceived and designed the experiments: MKA, MIC, YZ. Performed the experiments: XS, RL, HA. Analyzed the data: MKA, CY, ZY, AK. Wrote the paper: MKA, CY, ZY, AK, YZ.
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Azim, M., Yang, C., Yan, Z. et al. Complete genome sequencing and variant analysis of a Pakistani individual. J Hum Genet 58, 622–626 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/jhg.2013.72
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