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Table 1 Glycophorin structural variants identified in this study

From: Structural variation of the malaria-associated human glycophorin A-B-E region

Variant

Proximal breakpoint hg19

Distal breakpoint hg19

Variant size (kb)

Resolution of breakpoint (kb)

Index sample

Genes involved

Breakpoint identification method

In ref. [11]

DEL1

chr4:144835143–144,835,279

chr4:144945375–144,945,517

110

0.143

NA19223

GYPB

PCR-Sanger

Yes

DEL2

chr4:144912872–144,913,001

chr4:145016127–145,016,256

103

0.130

NA19144

GYPB

PCR-Sanger

Yes

DEL4

chr4:144750739–144,760,739

chr4:144950739–144,960,739

200

10

HG01986

GYPB,GYPE

1000G Seq

Yes

DEL6

chr4:144780045–144,780,137

chr4:145004120–145,004,212

224

0.093

HG04039

GYPE and GYPB

PCR-Sanger

Yes

DEL7

chr4:144780111–144,780,497

chr4:144900945–144,901,334

121

0.390

HG02716

GYPE

PCR-Sanger

Yes

DEL13

chr4:144925739–144,935,739

chr4:145035739–145,045,739

110

10

NA20867

GYPA/B fusion gene

1000G Seq

Yes

DEL15

chr4:144800739 144,802,739

chr4:144920739–144,922,739

119

2

HGDP01172

GYPB/E fusion gene

SD

No

DEL16

chr4:144752739–144,754,739

chr4:144952739–144,954,739

200

2

BR1296010301

GYPE and GYPB

SD

No

DEL17

chr4:144882739–144,987,739

chr4:144984739--144,987,739

103

3

BR1183605501

GYPB

SD

No

DEL18

chr4:144755739–144,757,739

chr4:144875739–144,878,739

123

2

BR1099223302

GYPE

SD

No

DUP2

chr4: 145039739–145,041,739

chr4: 144919739–144,921,739

120

2

NA18593

GYPB/A fusion gene

PCR-Sanger

Yes

DUP3

chr4:145004465–145,004,526

chr4:144780388–144,780,449

224

0.062

NA19360

GYPB, GYPE

PCR-Sanger

Yes

DUP4

Multiple

Multiple

n/a

n/a

HG02554

GYPB/A fusion gene, GYPE

Ref. [11]

Yes

DUP5

Multiple, including chr4:145113700

Multiple, including chr4:144936865

n/a

0.001

HG02585

GYPB, GYPE

PCR-Sanger

Yes

DUP7

chr4:144895000–144,905,000

chr4:144775000–144,785,000

120

10

HG02679

GYPE

1000G Seq

Yes

DUP8

chr4:14504573 9–145,048,739

chr4:144808739–144,810,739

240

3

I1_S_Irula1, HG03837

GYPB, GYPE/A fusion gene

SD

Yes

DUP14

chr4:144853613–144,853,688

chr4:144723019–144,723,094

131

0.076

NA18646

GYPE

PCR-Sanger

Yes

DUP22

chr4:144926739–144,929,739

chr4:144881739–144,884,739

45

3

BR210800138, HG02181

GYPB (partial)

SD

Yes

DUP26

chr4:145065739–145,075,739

chr4:144830739–144,840,739

155

10

HG03729

GYPA

1000G Seq

Yes

DUP27

chr4: 145039739–145,041,739

chr4: 144919739–144,921,739

120

2

NA12249

GYPB/A fusion gene

PCR-Sanger

Yes

DUP29

chr4:144939393–144,939,452

chr4:144825584–144,825,643

114

0.060

HG03686

GYPE and GYPB

PCR-Sanger

No

DUP30

chr4:144989739–144,991,739

chr4:144885739–144,887,739

102

2

HGDP00543

GYPB

SD

No

DUP33

chr4:144959739–144,962,739

chr4:144849739–144,851,739

111

3

BR54409051

GYPB

SD

No

DUP34

chr4:145002739–145,004,739

chr4:144900739–144,902,739

102

2

BR1086675791

GYPB

SD

No

DUP35

chr4:144878739–144,880,739

chr4:144758739–14,476,073,939

120

2

BR981404021

GYPE

SD

No

  1. Notes: SD = sequence depth analysis of high coverage genomic sequencing. DUP19 (NA19223), DUP25 (HG02031), DUP28 (NA19084) no clear 5 kb window pattern, DEL4 and DEL16, and DUP2 and DUP27 share overlapping breakpoint regions and may be the same variants. DUP23 (HG02491) and DUP24 (hg03837), identified by reference [11], share population and breakpoint regions with DUP8 and are classified as DUP8. The column titled “in ref. [11]” indicates whether the variant was previously observed by Leffler et al. (reference [11])