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Towards population-scale long-read sequencing

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De Coster, Wouter, Weissensteiner, Matthias H., Sedlazeck, Fritz J.·2021·Nature Reviews Genetics

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Long-read sequencing technologies have now reached a level of accuracy and yield that allows their application to variant detection at a scale of tens to thousands of samples. Concomitant with the development of new computational tools, the first population-scale studies involving long-read sequencing have emerged over the past 2 years and, given the continuous advancement of the field, many more are likely to follow. In this Review, we survey recent developments in population-scale long-read sequencing, highlight potential challenges of a scaled-up approach and provide guidance regarding experimental design. We provide an overview of current long-read sequencing platforms, variant calling methodologies and approaches for de novo assemblies and reference-based mapping approaches. Furthermore, we summarize strategies for variant validation, genotyping and predicting functional impact and emphasize challenges remaining in achieving long-read sequencing at a population scale. Long-read sequencing at the population scale presents specific challenges but is becoming increasingly accessible. In this Review, Sedlazeck and colleagues discuss the major platforms and analytical tools, considerations in project design and challenges in scaling long-read sequencing to populations.

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Authors
De Coster, W., Weissensteiner, M. H., & Sedlazeck, F. J.
Affiliations
  • Pennsylvania State University (US)
  • Baylor College of Medicine (US)
Corresponding author
Sedlazeck, Fritz J.
Venue
Nature Reviews Genetics
Published
2021-05-28
Volume
22
Issue
9
Pages
572-587
ISSN
  • 1471-0056 (ISSN-L)
  • 1471-0064
OpenAlex
W3164211868
Cited by
323
References
179
Citations by year
2026: 42 · 2025: 56 · 2024: 87 · 2023: 62 · 2022: 60 · 2021: 15 · 2019: 1
FWCI
6.17
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Nature Reviews Genetics (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
  • Vlaamse regering
  • National Institutes of Health
  • National Human Genome Research Institute (UM1HG008898)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genomics and Rare Diseases
Keywords
long-read sequencing, population-scale genomics, variant calling, de novo assembly, variant validation, genotyping, functional impact prediction, sequencing platform comparison, experimental design
MeSH terms
Industrial Development, Humans, Genome, Human, Sequence Analysis, DNA, Computational Biology, Genomics, High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing

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