Deciphering the role of structural variation in human evolution: a functional perspective.

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Advances in sequencing technologies have enabled the comparison of high-quality genomes of diverse primate species, revealing vast amounts of divergence due to structural variation. Given their large size, structural variants (SVs) can simultaneously alter the function and regulation of multiple genes. Studies estimate that collectively more than 3.5% of the genome is divergent in humans versus other great apes,...

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