Purpose: Copy-number variants (CNVs) and other non-single nucleotide variant/indel variant types contribute an important proportion of diagnoses in individuals with suspected genetic disease. This study describes the range of such variants detected by genome sequencing (GS).

Methods: For a pediatric cohort of 1032 participants undergoing clinical GS, we characterize the CNVs and other non-single nucleotide variant/indel variant types that were reported, including aneuploidies, mobile element insertions, and uniparental disomies, and we describe the bioinformatic pipeline used to detect these variants.

Results: Together, these genetic alterations accounted for 15.8% of reported variants. Notably, 67.9% of these were deletions, 32.9% of which overlapped a single gene, and many deletions were reported together with a second variant in the same gene in cases of recessive disease. A retrospective medical record review in a subset of this cohort revealed that up to 6 additional genetic tests were ordered in 68% (26/38) of cases, some of which failed to report the CNVs/rare variants reported on GS.

Conclusion: GS detected a broad range of reported variant types, including CNVs ranging in size from 1 Kb to 46 Mb.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11542619PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gim.2023.101006DOI Listing

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