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Human gene maps contain major blind spots that leaves out a vast majority of the world's biological diversity, according to a new study led by the CRG's @rodericguigo.bsky.social with @bsc-cns.bsky.social. The researchers uncovered tens of thousands of new transcripts and entirely new genes.
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Long-read transcriptomics of a diverse human cohort reveals ancestry bias in gene annotation - Nature Communications
Current human gene annotations are predominantly based on individuals of European ancestry. Here, the authors use long-read RNA sequencing across diverse human populations to reveal ancestry-specific ...