The value of structural variants to conservation genomics in the pangenome era.

Abstract excerpt

Structural variants (SVs) comprise an axis of genetic diversity with strong consequences for phenotype and fitness, making them a potentially important target for conservation genomics. Here, we review how and why SVs can play a role in conservation genomics; the different types of SVs and how they can affect phenotype; and how pangenomes and long-read sequencing are illuminating their evolution in populations,...

Topics

• Genomic Structural Variation
• Genomics
• Genetic Variation
• Animals
• Genetics, Population
• Evolution, Molecular