Population genomics
The advent of high-throughput genomic analysis technologies has driven the field of population genomics — the large-scale comparison of genomes within a population. Population genomics has been fundamental to the identification of novel variation that can define specific phenotypes, such as disease susceptibility; however, the technical limitations of traditional analysis platforms may miss important sources of genomic variation. Combining long sequencing reads (up to 4 Mb) with high sample throughput (up to 14 Tb on PromethION*) nanopore technology makes it possible to generate highly contiguous genomes, with resolution and phasing of single nucleotide variants (SNVs), structural variants (SVs), repeats, and DNA methylation in a single assay — across 10’s to 1,000’s of samples.
Long read sequencing of 3,622 Icelanders provides insight into the role of structural variants in human diseases and other traits
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We identified over 22,636 SVs per individual, three to five times more than found with short-read sequencing dataBeyter et al. bioRxiv 848366 (2021)