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Long Read Genome Sequencing Elucidates Diverse Functional Consequences of Structural and Repeat Variation in Autism

Mortazavi, M.; Guevara, J.; Diaz, J.; Tran, S.; Ziaei Jam, H.; Batalov, S.; Bainbridge, M.; Besterman, A. D.; Gymrek, M.; Palmer, A. A.; Sebat, J.

2025-07-23 genetic and genomic medicine
10.1101/2025.07.20.25331880 medRxiv
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Long-read whole genome sequencing (LR-WGS) technologies enhance the discovery of structural variants (SVs) and tandem repeats (TRs). We performed LR-WGS on 267 individuals from 63 ASD families and generated an integrated call set combining long- and short-read data. LR-WGS increased detection of gene-disrupting SVs and TRs by 33% and 38%, respectively, and enabled identification of novel exonic de novo germline and somatic SVs. We observed complex SV patterns, including a class of nested duplication-deletion events. By joint analysis of phased genetic variation and DNA methylation, we identified deletions of imprinted genes, and demonstrated the effect of intermediate TR expansions (35-54 CGG) on the methylation of FMR1 promoter. Rare SVs, TRs, and damaging SNVs together accounted for 7.4% (95% CI: 2.7-17%) of the heritability of ASD. These findings demonstrate how LR-WGS can resolve complex genetic variation and its functional consequences and regulatory effects in a single assay.

Published in Cell Genomics (predicted rank #5) · training set

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