Elucidating structural variation in primate genomes

The PRIMATE project aims to discover the extent of genome structural polymorphism within the great ape species by generating next-generation sequencing datasets at high coverage from multiple individuals of diverse species and subspecies, characterizing structural variants and validating them experimentally.

The results of these analyses will assess the rate of genome variation in primate evolution, characterize regional deletions and copy-number expansions as well as determine the patterns of selection acting upon them.

 

Coordinator: 
Tomàs Marquès-Bonet