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Multiple genome alignment in the telomere-to-telomere assembly era

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Kille, Bryce, Balaji, Advait, Sedlazeck, Fritz J., Nute, Michael, Treangen, Todd J.·2022·Genome Biology

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With the arrival of telomere-to-telomere (T2T) assemblies of the human genome comes the computational challenge of efficiently and accurately constructing multiple genome alignments at an unprecedented scale. By identifying nucleotides across genomes which share a common ancestor, multiple genome alignments commonly serve as the bedrock for comparative genomics studies. In this review, we provide an overview of the algorithmic template that most multiple genome alignment methods follow. We also discuss prospective areas of improvement of multiple genome alignment for keeping up with continuously arriving high-quality T2T assembled genomes and for unlocking clinically-relevant insights.

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Authors
Kille, B., Balaji, A., Sedlazeck, F. J., Nute, M., & Treangen, T. J.
Affiliations
  • Rice University (US)
  • Baylor College of Medicine (US)
Corresponding author
Treangen, Todd J.
Venue
Genome Biology
Published
2022-08-29
Volume
23
Issue
1
Pages
182-182
ISSN
  • 1465-6906 (ISSN-L)
  • 1474-760X
OpenAlex
W4293680421
Cited by
47
References
9
Citations by year
2026: 6 · 2025: 16 · 2024: 11 · 2023: 11 · 2022: 3
FWCI
1.07
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • Genome biology (publishedVersion, cc-by)
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  • Rice Research Repository (Rice University) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
Funders
  • National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (P01AI152999-01)
  • U.S. National Library of Medicine (T15LM007093)
  • Aligning Science Across Parkinson (ASAP-000430)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genome Rearrangement Algorithms
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Fractal and DNA sequence analysis
Keywords
multiple genome alignment, telomere-to-telomere genome assembly, human genome assembly, comparative genomics, alignment algorithms, clinical genomics
MeSH terms
Humans, Nucleotides, Genome, Human, Telomere, Genomics

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