CALL FOR PAPERS: Mobile Elements and Structural Variations – Detection, Associations and Causality –

Mobile elements have been found to mediate many structural variations in the genome. Expansion of whole-genome sequencing data has contributed to detection of mobile elements and structural variations. Recent technological and analytical development led to emergence of various methods to detect mobile elements and structural variations. Association studies of complex traits revealed causal relationship between mobile elements or structural variations and complex traits based on which we can identify novel biological insights underlying diseases and traits. There is still room for improvement in the comprehensive maps of mobile elements and structural variations and their associations.

Topics of interest include:

• History of classifications and detection methods of mobile elements and structural variations
• Recently developed methods to sensitively detect mobile elements and structural variations
• Imputation of mobile elements and structural variations and imputation panels
• Associations of mobile elements and structural variations on complex traits
• Causal effects of mobile elements and structural variations on complex traits
• New biological insights based on mobile elements and structural variations
• Mobile elements and structural variations among different human populations
• Comparative genomics of mobile elements and structural variations

Submission Status: Open
Submission Deadline: Februrary 29th, 2024

Guest Editor: Chikashi Terao (RIKEN)

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