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. 2009 Apr;6(4):263-5.
doi: 10.1038/nmeth.1307. Epub 2009 Mar 1.

Quantification of rare allelic variants from pooled genomic DNA

Todd E Druley  1 , Francesco L M Vallania, Daniel J Wegner, Katherine E Varley, Olivia L Knowles, Jacqueline A Bonds, Sarah W Robison, Scott W Doniger, Aaron Hamvas, F Sessions Cole, Justin C Fay, Robi D Mitra
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Quantification of rare allelic variants from pooled genomic DNA

Todd E Druley et al. Nat Methods. 2009 Apr.

Abstract

We report a targeted, cost-effective method to quantify rare single-nucleotide polymorphisms from pooled human genomic DNA using second-generation sequencing. We pooled DNA from 1,111 individuals and targeted four genes to identify rare germline variants. Our base-calling algorithm, SNPSeeker, derived from large deviation theory, detected single-nucleotide polymorphisms present at frequencies below the raw error rate of the sequencing platform.

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Figure 1
Figure 1
Error modeling. (a) The cumulative likelihood of every possible misincorporation event for sequencing cycles 1–32 is depicted for both the sense (+) and antisense (−) strands. The Illumina data filtering process truncated the data from two dates at 32 bases instead of 36, which is why only 32 cycles are represented here. INSET. Higher resolution of the error probability across cycles 1–12. (b) The intra- and inter-day variability for the A→C misincorporation event from four different sequencing dates. The error bars represent the standard deviation between different flowcell channels from the same date. INSET. Higher resolution of cycles 1–12.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Allele frequency by sequencing vs. genotyping. The allele frequency as determine by sequencing is plotted against the actual frequencies as determined by individual Taqman assay for the 14 validated SNPs in our dataset (correlation coefficient r2 = 0.96).
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