We mapped Illumina WGS data (∼100 bp reads, mean 7.4-fold coverage) from 2,504 individuals onto an amended version8 of the GRCh37 reference assembly using two independent mapping algorithms—BWA17 and mrsFAST18—and performed SV discovery and genotyping using an ensemble of nine different algorithms (Extended Data Fig. 1 and Supplementary Note). We applied several orthogonal experimental platforms for SV set assessment, refinement and characterization (Supplementary Table 2) and to calculate the false discovery rate (FDR) for each SV class (Table 1). Callset refinements facilitated through long-read sequencing enabled us to incorporate a number of additional SVs into our callset, including an additional 698 inversions and 9,132 small (<1 kbp) deletions, compared to the SV set released with the 1000 Genomes Project marker paper16. As a result, our callset differs slightly relative to the marker paper’s SV set16 (see Supplementary Table 2). We merged individual callsets to construct our unified release (Table 1), comprising 42,279 biallelic deletions, 6,025 biallelic duplications, 2,929 mCNVs (multi allelic copy-number variants), 786 inversions, 168 nuclear mitochondrial insertions (NUMTs), and 16,631 mobile element insertions (MEIs, including 12,748, 3,048 and
