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A new model for representing genomes aims to capture the breadth of genetic diversity in populations.

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Figure 1: Our current genome data structure makes tracking allelic relationships cumbersome.

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Special thanks to I. Fiddes, P. Marks and V. Schneider for critical review of this commentary.

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The author is an employee of 10x Genomics and a stockholder of Personalis, Inc.

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Church, D. Genomes for all. Nat Biotechnol 36, 815–816 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt.4244

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