Large-Scale Whole-Genome Sequencing of Three Diverse Asian Populations in Singapore
2019
Summary Underrepresentation of Asian genomes has hindered population and
medical geneticsresearch on Asians, leading to population disparities in
precision medicine. By
whole-genome sequencingof 4,810 Singapore Chinese,
Malays, and Indians, we found 98.3 million SNPs and small insertions or deletions, over half of which are novel. Population structure analysis demonstrated great representation of Asian genetic diversity by three ethnicities in Singapore and revealed a
Malay-related novel ancestry component. Furthermore, demographic inference suggested that
Malayssplit from Chinese ∼24,800 years ago and experienced significant admixture with East Asians ∼1,700 years ago, coinciding with the Austronesian expansion. Additionally, we identified 20 candidate loci for natural selection, 14 of which harbored robust associations with complex traits and diseases. Finally, we show that our data can substantially improve genotype imputation in diverse Asian and Oceanian populations. These results highlight the value of our data as a resource to empower
human geneticsdiscovery across broad geographic regions.
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