Mutation rates vary at a fine scale - even within individual chromosomes. We are using statistical modeling to study such regional variation in mutation rates. Our analysis of insertions vs. deletions revealed that they are formed, at least in part, by different molecular mechanisms and that, in addition to replication, recombination plays an important role in indel formation (Kvikstad et al. 2007). Employing wavelet transformation techniques, we demonstrated the importance of genomic scale for regional variation in mutation rates (Kvikstad et al. 2009). Using specialized statistical approaches, we have investigated the structure of rate co-variation for four mutation types (point mutations, insertions, deletions, and microsatellite mutations) and simultaneously exploring the associations with multiple genomic features (Ananda et al. 2011). Moreover, we were able to segment the genome into regions with high and low rates of different mutations (Kurupummulage Don, Ananda, et al. 2013). Collaborator: Francesca Chiaromonte.
International Chicken Genome Sequencing Consortium, LW Hillier, W Miller, E Birney, W Warren, RC Hardison, CP Ponting, P Bork, DW Burt, MAM Groenen, ME Delany, JB Dodgson, AT Chinwalla, PF Cliften, SW Clifton, KD Delehaunty, C Fronick, RS Fulton, TA Graves, C Kremitzki, D Layman, V Magrini, JD McPherson, TL Miner, P Minx, WE Nash, MN Nhan, JO Nelson, LG Oddy, CS Pohl, J Randall-Maher, SM Smith, JW Wallis, S-P Yang, MN Romanov, CM Rondelli, B Paton, J Smith, D Morrice, L Daniels, HG Tempest, L Robertson, JS Masabanda, DK Griffin, A Vignal, V Fillon, L Jacobbson, S Kerje, L Andersson, RPM Crooijmans, J Aerts, JJ van der Poel, H Ellegren, RB Caldwell, SJ Hubbard, DV Grafham, AM Kierzek, SR McLaren, IM Overton, H Arakawa, KJ Beattie, Y Bezzubov, PE Boardman, JK Bonfield, MDR Croning, RM Davies, MD Francis, SJ Humphray, CE Scott, RG Taylor, C Tickle, WRA Brown, J Rogers, J-M Buerstedde, SA Wilson, L Stubbs, I Ovcharenko, L Gordon, S Lucas, MM Miller, H Inoko, T Shiina, J Kaufman, J Salomonsen, K Skjoedt, GK-S Wong, J Wang, B Liu, J Wang, J Yu, H Yang, M Nefedov, M Koriabine, PJ deJong, L Goodstadt, C Webber, NJ Dickens, I Letunic, M Suyama, D Torrents, C von Mering, EM Zdobnov, KD Makova, A Nekrutenko, L Elnitski, P Eswara, DC King, S Yang, S Tyekucheva, A Radakrishnan, RS Harris, F Chiaromonte, J Taylor, J He, M Rijnkels, S Griffiths-Jones, A Ureta-Vidal, MM Hoffman, J Severin, SMJ Searle, AS Law, D Speed, D Waddington, Z Cheng, E Tuzun, EE Eichler, Z Bao, P Flicek, DD Shteynberg, MR Brent, JM Bye, EJ Huckle, S Chatterji, C Dewey, L Pachter, A Kouranov, Z Mourelatos, AG Hatzigeorgiou, AH Paterson, R Ivarie, M Brandstrom, E Axelsson, N Backstrom, S Berlin, MT Webster, O Pourquie, A Reymond, C Ucla, SE Antonarakis, M Long, JJ Emerson, E Betrán, I Dupanloup, H Kaessmann, AS Hinrichs, G Bejerano, TS Furey, RA Harte, B Raney, A Siepel, WJ Kent, D Haussler, E Eyras, R Castelo, JF Abril, S Castellano, F Camara, G Parra, R Guigo, G Bourque, G Tesler, PA Pevzner, AFA Smit, LA Fulton, ER Mardis, RK Wilson.
Sequence and comparative analysis of the chicken genome provide unique perspectives on vertebrate evolution.
NATURE,
2004.
Rat Genome Sequencing Project Consortium, RA Gibbs, GM Weinstock, ML Metzker, DM Muzny, EJ Sodergren, S Scherer, G Scott, D Steffen, KC Worley, PE Burch, GO Okwuonu, S Hines, LR Lewis, C DeRamo, O Delgado, S Dugan-Rocha, G Miner, M Morgan, AC Hawes, R Gill, CRA Holt, MD Adams, PG Amanatides, H Baden-Tillson, M Barnstead, S Chin, CA Evans, S Ferriera, C Fosler, A Glodek, Z Gu, D Jennings, CL Kraft, T Nguyen, CM Pfannkoch, C Sitter, GG Sutton, JC Venter, T Woodage, D Smith, H-M Lee, E Gustafson, P Cahill, A Kana, L Doucette-Stamm, K Weinstock, K Fechtel, RB Weiss, DM Dunn, ED Green, RW Blakesley, GG Bouffard, PJ de Jong, K Osoegawa, B Zhu, MA Marra, JE Schein, I Bosdet, C Fjell, SM Jones, M Krzywinski, C Mathewson, A Siddiqui, N Wye, JD McPherson, S Zhao, CM Fraser, J Shetty, S Shatsman, K Geer, Y Chen, S Abramzon, WC Nierman, RA Gibbs, GM Weinstock, PH Havlak, R Chen, K James Durbin, A Egan, Y Ren, HX-Z Song, B Li, Y Liu, X Qin, S Cawley, GM Weinstock, KC Worley, AJ Cooney, RA Gibbs, LM D’Souza, K Martin, J Qian Wu, ML Gonzalez-Garay, AR Jackson, KJ Kalafus, MP McLeod, A Milosavljevic, D Virk, A Volkov, DA Wheeler, Z Zhang, JA Bailey, EE Eichler, E Tuzun, E Birney, E Mongin, A Ureta-Vidal, C Woodwark, EM Zdobnov, P Bork, M Suyama, D Torrents, M Alexandersson, BJ Trask, JM Young, D Smith, H Huang, K Fechtel, H Wang, H Xing, K Weinstock, S Daniels, D Gietzen, J Schmidt, K Stevens, U Vitt, J Wingrove, F Camara, M Mar Albà, JF Abril, R Guigo, AFA Smit, I Dubchak, EM Rubin, O Couronne, A Poliakov, N Hübner, D Ganten, C Goesele, O Hummel, T Kreitler, Y-A Lee, J Monti, H Schulz, H Zimdahl, H Himmelbauer, H Lehrach, HJ Jacob, S Bromberg, J Gullings-Handley, MI Jensen-Seaman, AE Kwitek, J Lazar, D Pasko, PJ Tonellato, S Twigger, CP Ponting, JM Duarte, S Rice, L Goodstadt, SA Beatson, RD Emes, EE Winter, C Webber, P Brandt, G Nyakatura, M Adetobi, F Chiaromonte, L Elnitski, P Eswara, RC Hardison, M Hou, D Kolbe, KD Makova, W Miller, A Nekrutenko, C Riemer, S Schwartz, J Taylor, S Yang, Y Zhang, K Lindpaintner, TD Andrews, M Caccamo, M Clamp, L Clarke, V Curwen, R Durbin, E Eyras, SMJ Searle, GM Cooper, S Batzoglou, M Brudno, A Sidow, EA Stone, J Craig Venter, BA Payseur, G Bourque, C López-Otín, XS Puente, K Chakrabarti, S Chatterji, C Dewey, L Pachter, N Bray, VB Yap, A Caspi, G Tesler, PA Pevzner, D Haussler, KM Roskin, R Baertsch, H Clawson, TS Furey, AS Hinrichs, D Karolchik, WJ Kent, KR Rosenbloom, H Trumbower, M Weirauch, DN Cooper, PD Stenson, B Ma, MR Brent, M Arumugam, DD Shteynberg, RR Copley, MS Taylor, H Riethman, U Mudunuri, J Peterson, M Guyer, A Felsenfeld, S Old, S Mockrin, F Collins.
Genome sequence of the Brown Norway rat yields insights into mammalian evolution.
NATURE,
2004.