Publications tagged "Phasing"
Intronic haplotypes in the GBA gene do not predict age at diagnosis of Parkinson's Disease
Background GBA mutations are a common risk factor for Parkinson's disease (PD). A recent study has suggested that GBA haplotypes, identified by intronic variants, can affect age at diagnosis of PD...
Hapo-G, haplotype-aware polishing of genome assemblies with accurate reads
Single-molecule sequencing technologies have recently been commercialized by Pacific Biosciences and Oxford Nanopore with the promise of sequencing long DNA fragments (kilobases to megabases order)...
Genome-wide Imputation Using the practical haplotype graph in the heterozygous crop cassava
Genomic applications such as genomic selection and genome-wide association have become increasingly common since the advent of genome sequencing. Genotype imputation makes it possible to infer whole...
Innovations with ultra-long reads
The panel session at London Calling 2021 online saw three leading researchers present their latest work using ultra-long nanopore sequencing reads, obtained using the Ultra-Long DNA Seque...
Personalized genome assembly for accurate cancer somatic mutation discovery using cancer-normal paired reference samples
The use of personalized genome assembly as a reference for detecting the full spectrum of somatic events from cancers has long been advocated but never been systematically investigated. Here we addr...
Pervasive cis effects of variation in copy number of large tandem repeats on local DNA methylation and gene expression
Variable number tandem repeats (VNTRs) are composed of large tandemly repeated motifs, many of which are highly polymorphic in copy number. However, because of their large size and repetitive natur...
Alpha satellite insertions and the evolutionary landscape of centromeres
Human centromeres are composed of alpha satellite DNA hierarchically organized as higher-order repeats and epigenetically specified by CENP-A binding. Current evolutionary models assert that new cen...
Rapid characterization of complex genomic regions using Cas9 enrichment and Nanopore sequencing
Long-read sequencing approaches have considerably improved the quality and contiguity of genome assemblies. Such platforms bear the potential to resolve even extremely complex regions, such as multi...
Haplotype-aware variant calling enables high accuracy in nanopore long-reads using deep neural networks
Long-read sequencing has the potential to transform variant detection by reaching currently difficult-to-map regions and routinely linking together adjacent variations to enable read based phasing. ...
High-resolution HLA typing by long reads from the R10.3 Oxford nanopore flow cells
Nanopore sequencing has been investigated as a rapid and cost-efficient option for HLA typing in recent years. Despite the lower raw read accuracy, encouraging typing accuracy has been reported, and...
Automated strain separation in low-complexity metagenomes using long reads
High-throughput short-read metagenomics has enabled large-scale species-level analysis and functional characterization of microbial communities. Microbiomes often contain multiple strains of the sam...
Different trajectories of polyploidization shape the genomic landscape of the Brettanomyces bruxellensis yeast species
Polyploidization events are observed across the tree of life and occurred in many fungi, plant and animal species. Polyploidy is thought to be an important source of speciation and tumorigenesis. Ho...
GraphUnzip: unzipping assembly graphs with long reads and Hi-C
Long reads and Hi-C have revolutionized the field of genome assembly as they have made highly continuous assemblies accessible for challenging genomes. As haploid chromosome-level assemblies are now...
Haploflow: Strain-resolved de novo assembly of viral genomes
In viral infections often multiple related viral strains are present, due to coinfection or within-host evolution. We describe Haploflow, a de Bruijn graph-based assembler for de novo genome assembl...
HapSolo: An optimization approach for removing secondary haplotigs during diploid genome assembly and scaffolding
Background Despite marked recent improvements in long-read sequencing technology, the assembly of diploid genomes remains a difficult task. A major obstacle is distinguishing between alternative con...
The First complete Zoroastrian-Parsi Mitochondria Reference Genome: implications of mitochondrial signatures in an endogamous, non-smoking population
The present-day Zoroastrian-Parsis have roots in ancient pastoralist migrations from circumpolar regions leading to their settlement on the Eurasian Steppes and later, as Indo Iranians in the Fertil...
Merqury: reference-free quality and phasing assessment for genome assemblies
Recent long-read assemblies often exceed the quality of available reference genomes, making validation challenging. Here we present Merqury, a novel tool for reference-free assembly evaluation based...
Genomic characterization of MICA gene using multiple next generation sequencing platforms: a validation study
We have developed a protocol regarding the genomic characterization of the MICA gene by next generation sequencing (NGS). The amplicon includes the full length of the gene and is about 13 kb. A tota...
Minimum error correction-based haplotype assembly: considerations for long read data
The single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) is the most widely studied type of genetic variation. A haplotype is defined as the sequence of alleles at SNP sites on each haploid chromosome. Haplotype in...
A novel canis lupus familiaris reference genome improves variant resolution for use in breed-specific GWAS
Reference genome fidelity is critically important for genome wide association studies, yet most vary widely from the study population. A typical whole genome sequencing approach implies short-read t...
Hapo-G, Haplotype-Aware Polishing Of Genome assemblies
Single-molecule sequencing technologies have recently been commercialized by Pacific Biosciences and Oxford Nanopore with the promise of sequencing long DNA fragments (kilobases to megabases order) ...
Detecting and phasing minor single-nucleotide variants from long-read sequencing data
Cellular genetic heterogeneity is common in many biological conditions including cancer, microbiome, co-infection of multiple pathogens. Detecting and phasing minor variants, which is to determine w...
DNA methylation is required to maintain DNA replication timing precision and 3D genome integrity
DNA replication timing and three-dimensional (3D) genome organisation occur across large domains associated with distinct epigenome patterns to functionally compartmentalise genome regulation. Howev...
Practical probabilistic and graphical formulations of long-read polyploid haplotype phasing
Resolving haplotypes in polyploid genomes using phase information from sequencing reads is an important and challenging problem. We introduce two new mathematical formulations of polyploid haplotype...
DR2S: an integrated algorithm providing reference-grade haplotype sequences from heterozygous samples
Background High resolution HLA genotyping of donors and recipients is a crucially important prerequisite for haematopoetic stem-cell transplantation and relies heavily on the quality and completenes...
A phased Vanilla planifolia genome enables genetic improvement of flavour and production
The global supply of vanilla extract is primarily sourced from the cured beans of the tropical orchid species Vanilla planifolia. Vanilla plants were collected from Mesoamerica, clonally propagated ...
A long-read sequencing approach for direct haplotype phasing in clinical settings
The reconstruction of individual haplotypes can facilitate the interpretation of disease risks; however, high costs and technical challenges still hinder their assessment in clinical settings. Seco...
Nanopanel2 calls phased low-frequency variants in Nanopore panel sequencing data
Clinical decision making is increasingly guided by accurate and recurrent determination of presence and frequency of (somatic) variants and their haplotype through panel sequencing of disease-releva...
The structure, function, and evolution of a complete human chromosome 8
The complete assembly of each human chromosome is essential for understanding human biology and evolution. Using complementary long-read sequencing technologies, we complete the first linear assembl...
Chromosome-scale genome assembly of sweet cherry (Prunus avium L.) cv. Tieton obtained using long-read and Hi-C sequencing
Sweet cherry (Prunus avium) is an economically significant fruit species in the genus Prunus. However, in contrast to other important fruit trees in this genus, only one draft genome assembly is av...
Utilizing nanopore sequencing technology for the rapid and comprehensive characterization of eleven HLA loci; addressing the need for deceased donor expedited HLA typing
The comprehensive characterization of human leukocyte antigen (HLA) genomic sequences remains a challenging problem. Despite the significant advantages of next-generation sequencing (NGS) in the fie...
Rapid, highly accurate and cost‐effective open‐source simultaneous complete HLA typing & phasing of Class I & II alleles using nanopore sequencing
Introduction Accurate rapid genotyping of the genes within the HLA region presents many difficulties due to the complexity of this region. Here we present the results of our proof of concept Nanop...
Rapid high resolution HLA genotyping by MinION Oxford Nanopore sequencing for deceased donor organ allocation
Recently, HLA epitopes on donor HLA molecules have been shown to be important in the success of solid organ transplantation. However, these epitopes can only be defined using high resolution typing ...
nanoMLST: accurate multilocus sequence typing using Oxford Nanopore Technologies MinION with a dual-barcode approach to multiplex large numbers of samples
Multilocus sequence typing (MLST) is one of the most commonly used methods for studying microbial lineage worldwide. However, the traditional MLST process using Sanger sequencing is time-consuming a...
Location of balanced chromosome-translocation breakpoints by long-read sequencing on the Oxford Nanopore platform
Genomic structural variants, including translocations, inversions, insertions, deletions, and duplications, are challenging to be reliably detected by traditional genomic technologies. In particular...
Nanopore targeted sequencing for rapid gene mutations detection in acute myeloid leukemia
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) clinical settings cannot do without molecular testing to confirm or rule out predictive biomarkers for prognostic stratification, in order to initiate or withhold target...
One fly-one genome: chromosome-scale genome assembly of a single outbred Drosophila melanogaster
A high quality genome assembly is a vital first step for the study of an organism. Recent advances in technology have made the creation of high quality chromosome scale assemblies feasible and low c...
Comprehensive analysis of structural variants in breast cancer genomes using single molecule sequencing
Improved identification of structural variants (SVs) in cancer can lead to more targeted and effective treatment options as well as advance our basic understanding of the disease and its progression...
Long-reads reveal that the chloroplast genome exists in two distinct versions in most plants
The chloroplast genome usually has a quadripartite structure consisting of a large single copy region and a small single copy region separated by two long inverted repeats. It has been known for som...
A diploid assembly-based benchmark for variants in the Major Histocompatibility Complex
We develop the first human benchmark derived from a diploid assembly for the openly-consented Genome in a Bottle/Personal Genome Project Ashkenazi son (HG002). As a proof-of-principle, we focus on a...
Long-read sequencing and haplotype linkage analysis enabled preimplantation genetic testing for patients carrying pathogenic inversions
Background Preimplantation genetic testing (PGT) has already been applied in patients known to carry chromosomal structural variants to improve the clinical outcome of assisted reproduction. Howeve...
Resolving MiSeq-generated ambiguities in HLA-DPB1 typing by using the Oxford Nanopore technology
The technical limitations of current next-generation sequencing technologies, combined with an ever-increasing number of human leukocyte antigen (HLA) alleles, forms the basis for the additional amb...
Nanopore sequencing of the pharmacogene CYP2D6 allows simultaneous haplotyping and detection of duplications
CYP2D6 is one of the most important and widely studied genes in pharmacogenetics but it is highly polymorphic, can be affected by different forms of structural variation, and has a nearby pseudogene...
Acquisition of virulence genes by a carrier strain gave rise to the ongoing epidemics of meningococcal disease in West Africa
Historically, Neisseria meningitidis serogroup A strains have caused large epidemics of meningitis across sub-Saharan Africa. Following mass vaccination from 2010, serogroup A outbreaks have been mo...
Nanopore sequencing of drug-resistance-associated genes in malaria parasites, Plasmodium falciparum
Here, we report the application of a portable sequencer, MinION, for genotyping the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. In the present study, an amplicon mixture of nine representative genes cau...
Evolution of carbapenem resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii during a prolonged infection
Acinetobacter baumannii is a common causative agent of hospital-acquired infections and a leading cause of infection in burns patients. Carbapenem-resistant A. baumannii is considered a major public...
Antibiotic pressure on the acquisition and loss of antibiotic resistance genes in Klebsiella pneumoniae
Objectives In this study, we characterize a concurrent disseminated infection with a virulent hypermucoviscous (HMV) Klebsiella pneumoniae and an OXA-181-producing XDR K. pneumoniae from a patient...
Long read sequencing reveals poxvirus evolution through rapid homogenization of gene arrays
Poxvirus adaptation can involve combinations of recombination-driven gene copy number variation and beneficial single nucleotide variants (SNVs) at the same loci. How these distinct mechanisms of ge...
Mutational analysis in BCR-ABL1 positive leukemia by deep sequencing based on nanopore MinION technology
We report a third-generation sequencing assay on nanopore technology (MinION) for detecting BCR-ABL1 KD mutations and compare the results to a Sanger sequencing(SS)-based test in 24 Philadelphia-pos...
Nanopore sequencing and assembly of a human genome with ultra-long sequence reads
We report the sequencing and assembly of a reference genome for the human GM12878 Utah/Ceph cell line using the MinION (Oxford Nanopore Technologies) nanopore sequencer. 91.2 Gb of sequence data, re...
Nanopore sequencing detects structural variants in cancer
Despite advances in sequencing, structural variants (SVs) remain difficult to reliably detect due to the short read length (<300bp) of 2nd generation sequencing. Not only do the reads (or paired-...
Long read nanopore sequencing for detection of HLA and CYP2D6 variants and haplotypes
Haplotypes are often critical for the interpretation of genetic laboratory observations into medically actionable findings. Current massively parallel DNA sequencing technologies produce short seque...