Table 1

The extent of human genomic variation

VariableValueSource
Whole genome   
    No. BPs in the human genome 3 × 109 Kruglyak and Nickerson 
    No. SNPs in the human genome 1 × 107 Kruglyak and Nickerson 
    No. validated HapMap SNPs 4 × 106 HapMap P2 
    No. validated HapMap exonic SNPs 7 × 104 HapMap P2 
    No. validated HapMap NS coding SNPs 3 × 104 HapMap P2 
    Estimated no. BPs affected by CNVs > 3 × 108 Redon et al101  
Individual genome   
    SNP frequency in the genome 1/300 BP Kruglyak and Nickerson 
    Estimated no. CNVs per individual genome > 100 Feuk et al 
VariableValueSource
Whole genome   
    No. BPs in the human genome 3 × 109 Kruglyak and Nickerson 
    No. SNPs in the human genome 1 × 107 Kruglyak and Nickerson 
    No. validated HapMap SNPs 4 × 106 HapMap P2 
    No. validated HapMap exonic SNPs 7 × 104 HapMap P2 
    No. validated HapMap NS coding SNPs 3 × 104 HapMap P2 
    Estimated no. BPs affected by CNVs > 3 × 108 Redon et al101  
Individual genome   
    SNP frequency in the genome 1/300 BP Kruglyak and Nickerson 
    Estimated no. CNVs per individual genome > 100 Feuk et al 

BP indicates base pair; SNP, single nucleotide polymorphism; NS, nonsynonymous; CNV, copy number variant; P2, phase 2.

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