A long-read human pangenome initiative for comprehensive interpretation of nuclear-embedded mitochondrial DNA
Lianting Fu, Jieyi Chen, Da Lian, Siyuan Du, Dongya Wu, Chentao Yang, Ziyi Wang, Hongyi Ma, Zhengtong Li, Nicole J. Lake, Xiangyu Yang, Y Shi, Guojie Zhang, Kaiyue Ma, Yafei Mao
The paper develops a method to detect and analyze NUMTs in human and non-human primate genomes, revealing their genomic features, population dynamics, and evolutionary implications.
Nature Communications · May 15, 2026Peer-reviewedGenomics