Data from 1000 Genomes Project Phase 3 Now Available

[Matthew Speir]

We have made data from Phase 3 of the 1000 Genomes Project available for the hg19 version of the human assembly. The data includes almost 90 million variants in the form of single nucleotide variants (SNVs), insertions/deletions (InDels), and structural variants (SVs). Each variant includes a detail page that incorporates links to the variant in the dbSNP database, quality scores, and allele frequency information for various populations. More information is available on the track description page.

In addition to variant calls, the data includes two tracks that highlight regions of the genome that are accessible to next generation sequencing technologies that utilize paired-end reads. One track contains regions that meet the 1000 Genomes Project "pilot" criteria while the other contains regions that meet a more "strict" set of guidelines. More information about how these accessible regions were identified can be found on the track description page.

Thank you to the 1000 Genomes Project and Tom Blackwell and Mary Kate Wing at the University of Michigan for making these data available. Thank you to Angie Hinrichs and Matthew Speir at UCSC for their work on these tracks.

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Matthew Speir
UCSC Genome Bioinformatics Group