Signatures of Mutational Processes in Human DNA Evolution
Hamidi, H.; Alinejad-Rokny, H.; Coorens, T.; Sanghvi, R.; Lindsay, S. J.; Rahbari, R.; Ebrahimi, D.
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The human genome contains over 100 million SNPs, most of which are C/T (G/A) variations. The type and sequence context of these SNPs are not random, suggesting that they are caused by distinct mutational processes. Deciphering the mutational signatures is a crucial step to discovering the molecular processes responsible for DNA variations across human populations, and potentially for causing genetic diseases. Our analyses of the 1000 Genomes Project SNPs and germline de novo mutations suggest that at least four mutational processes are responsible for human genetic variations. One process is European-specific and no longer active. The remaining three processes are currently active in all human populations. Two of the active processes co-occur and leave a single joint mutational signature in human nuclear DNA. The third active process is specific to mitochondrial DNA, and inflicts C-to-T mutations at mostly non-CG sites. We found neither evidence of APOBEC-induced cytosine deamination in the human germline, nor de novo mutation enrichment within certain regions of the human genome.
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