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A whole-genome sequenced control population in northern Sweden reveals subregional genetic differences
Umeå University, Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Chemistry. (Arcum)ORCID iD: 0000-0002-4476-9255
Umeå University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics.
Umeå University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Radiation Sciences, Oncology.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-6754-2571
Umeå University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Centre for Demographic and Ageing Research (CEDAR). (Arcum)ORCID iD: 0000-0002-2014-7179
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2020 (English)In: PLOS ONE, E-ISSN 1932-6203, Vol. 15, no 9, article id e0237721Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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The number of national reference populations that are whole-genome sequenced are rapidly increasing. Partly driving this development is the fact that genetic disease studies benefit from knowing the genetic variation typical for the geographical area of interest. A whole-genome sequenced Swedish national reference population (n = 1000) has been recently published but with few samples from northern Sweden. In the present study we have whole-genome sequenced a control population (n = 300) (ACpop) from Västerbotten County, a sparsely populated region in northern Sweden previously shown to be genetically different from southern Sweden. The aggregated variant frequencies within ACpop are publicly available (DOI 10.17044/NBIS/G000005) to function as a basic resource in clinical genetics and for genetic studies. Our analysis of ACpop, representing approximately 0.11% of the population in Västerbotten, indicates the presence of a genetic substructure within the county. Furthermore, a demographic analysis showed that the population from which samples were drawn was to a large extent geographically stationary, a finding that was corroborated in the genetic analysis down to the level of municipalities. Including ACpop in the reference population when imputing unknown variants in a Västerbotten cohort resulted in a strong increase in the number of high-confidence imputed variants (up to 81% for variants with minor allele frequency < 5%). ACpop was initially designed for cancer disease studies, but the genetic structure within the cohort will be of general interest for all genetic disease studies in northern Sweden.

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URN: urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-175837DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0237721ISI: 000571887500123PubMedID: 32915809Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85090917774OAI: oai:DiVA.org:umu-175837DiVA, id: diva2:1477023
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Svensson, DanielRentoft, MatildaDahlin, Anna M.Lundholm, EmmaSjödin, AndreasMelin, Beatrice S.Trygg, JohanJohansson, Erik

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