Patterns of presence-absence variants in Upland cotton

摘要

Dear Editor,Sources of genetic variations in genomes include small-scale sources(such as single-nucleotide polymorphisms(SNPs),insertions/deletions(InDels),and simple sequence repeats and larger-scale structural variations(mainly presence-absence variants(PAVs))and copy number variants).PAVs are sequences that are either inserted or missing in genomes in comparison with a reference sequence or genome.PAVs can have a much longer sequence than SNPs and InDels,as illustrated in the human genome(Conrad et al.,2010).PAVs are important genomic structural variations that can directly affect genomic structure and key functional genes in the genome(Kumar et al.,2007).Moreover,the use of PAVs for studying quantitative traits has been valuable(Lam et al.,2010).