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Cross-species discovery of large structural variants reveals distinct evolutionary dynamics in primates

Aug 2026 · bioRxiv · 0 citations · 66 references
Biology

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LGvar is presented, a divergence-aware tool for identifying SVs in population-scale and cross-species genome assemblies, enabling up to a 7-fold increase in the detection of large deletions, insertions, inversions and complex rearrangements.

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