The 1000 Genomes Project has already elucidated the properties and distribution of common and rare variation, provided insights into the processes that shape genetic diversity, and advanced understanding of disease biology1,2. This resource provides a benchmark for surveys of human genetic variation and constitutes a key component for human genetic studies, by enabling array design3,4, genotype imputation5, cataloguing of variants in regions of interest, and filtering of likely neutral variants6,7.
