Ethnically relevant consensus Korean reference genome towards personal reference genomes
Yun Sung Cho, Hyunho Kim, Hak-Min Kim, Sungwoong Jho, JeHoon Jun, Yong Joo Lee, Kyun Shik Chae, Chang Geun Kim, Sangsoo Kim, Anders Eriksson, Jeremy S Edwards, Semin Lee, Byung Chul Kim, Andrea Manica, George M Church, Jong Bhak
The paper constructs an ethnically relevant Korean reference genome (KOREF) to improve variant detection in Korean populations and highlights the importance of ethnic-specific assemblies for genomic research.
Nature Communications · Nov 24, 2016Peer-reviewedGenomics