New genetic map pinpoints diseases
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Scientists have unveiled a new human genetic map that fills in missing pages to explain how genes are involved in common diseases.
The map looks at duplications and deletions of large DNA segments known as copy number variants, or CNVs. Scientists identified 1,447 CNVs that covered about 12% of the human genome. About 285 are associated with diseases such as schizophrenia, psoriasis, heart disease and congenital cataracts.
The findings were reported in Nature, Nature Genetics and Genome Research.
