In a collaborative effort that I am involved in, the copy number variation among Yoruban and European individuals are mapped and a portion of these are genotyped across world populations. Â This data set will be an important source for the months/years to come for study of the genomes.
For the article:Â Origins and functional impact of copy number variation in the human genome : Article : Nature.
For the press release: Jumping genes, gene loss and genome dark matter