Optimizing experimental design for genome sequencing and assembly with Oxford Nanopore Technologies.

ABSTRACT: High quality reference genome sequences are the core of modern genomics. Oxford Nanopore Technologies (ONT) produces inexpensive DNA sequences, but has high error rates, which make sequence assembly and analysis difficult as genome size and complexity increases. Robust experimental design is necessary for ONT genome sequencing and assembly, but few studies have addressed eukaryotic organisms. Here, we present novel results using simulated and empirical ONT and DNA libraries to identify best practices for sequencing and assembly for several model species. We find that the unique error structure of ONT libraries causes errors to accumulate and assembly statistics plateau as sequence depth increases. High-quality assembled eukaryotic sequences require high-molecular-weight DNA extractions tha

SUBMITTER: Sutton JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9650304 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature