Journal: Current opinion in genetics & development
Article Title: Satellite DNA evolution: old ideas, new approaches
doi: 10.1016/j.gde.2018.03.003
Figure Lengend Snippet: Software for assessing satellite DNA This table is not comprehensive. We focus on recently developed assembly-free methods for analysis of large tandem arrays (excluding microsatellites). We also include more widely used methods for assessing tandem repeats in genome assemblies (i) as a comparison to methods designed specifically for assembly-free data, (ii) because some can also be applied to unassembled long reads (as long as the repeat monomers are shorter than the read length), and (iii) because they will continue to prove useful as improved read lengths enable assembly of satellite arrays.
Article Snippet: However, assessing variation in satellite sequence and abundance using these methods requires stringent filtering and validation methods to account for their high error rates. table ft1 table-wrap mode="anchored" t5 caption a7 Platform Read length; method Pros Cons Example Illumina Up to 300 bp; clustered amplicon Inexpensive, low error rate PCR bias in library prep * ; short reads [ 40 ] Ion torrent Up to 400 bp; on-bead amplicon Fast, inexpensive Lower yield; high error rate in homopolymer tracts [ 27 ] Pacific Biosciences Up to 50 kb; single molecule Long reads; can assemble complex satellite regions Expensive; high error rate ** [ 5 ] Oxford Nanopore Up to 300 kb; single molecule Longest reads High error rate; extracting high molecular weight DNA is limiting Jain et al., bioRxiv 10.1101/170373 Optical mapping (nanochannel) Up to 220 kb; single molecule Long-range positional information; orthogonal method to sequencing Requires a reference genome; large nicking intervals preclude mapping simple sequences [ 41 ] Open in a separate window * PCR-free libraries reduce bias.
Techniques: Software, Comparison, Sequencing, Variant Assay, Biomarker Discovery