A genome-wide study of Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium with next generation sequence data.

ABSTRACT: Statistical tests for Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium have been an important tool for detecting genotyping errors in the past, and remain important in the quality control of next generation sequence data. In this paper, we analyze complete chromosomes of the 1000 genomes project by using exact test procedures for autosomal and X-chromosomal variants. We find that the rate of disequilibrium largely exceeds what might be expected by chance alone for all chromosomes. Observed disequilibrium is, in about 60% of the cases, due to heterozygote excess. We suggest that most excess disequilibrium can be explained by sequencing problems, and hypothesize mechanisms that can explain exceptional heterozygosities. We report higher rates of disequilibrium for the MHC region on chromosome 6, regions flanking c

SUBMITTER: Graffelman J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5429372 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature