VCGDB: a dynamic genome database of the Chinese population.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The data released by the 1000 Genomes Project contain an increasing number of genome sequences from different nations and populations with a large number of genetic variations. As a result, the focus of human genome studies is changing from single and static to complex and dynamic. The currently available human reference genome (GRCh37) is based on sequencing data from 13 anonymous Caucasian volunteers, which might limit the scope of genomics, transcriptomics, epigenetics, and genome wide association studies.

Description

We used the massive amount of sequencing data published by the 1000 Genomes Project Consortium to construct the Virtual Chinese Genome Database (VCGDB), a dynamic genome database of the Chinese population based on the whole genome sequencing data

SUBMITTER: Ling Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4028056 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature