Measuring satellite arrays of the human Y chromosome from sequencing reads
Human Y chromosome satellites vary widely but remain difficult to measure in large cohorts. In response, we developed Yruler, which uses pangenome assemblies to measure satellite lengths, composition and Y dosage from sequencing reads without alignment. Analyses reveal centromere-length differences between related lineages, extend observations of short non-centromeric arrays across a lineage, and…
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