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Combining callers improves the detection of copy number variants from whole-genome sequencing

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Title:Combining callers improves the detection of copy number variants from whole-genome sequencing
Creators Name:Coutelier, M., Holtgrewe, M., Jäger, M., Flöttman, R., Mensah, M.A., Spielmann, M., Krawitz, P., Horn, D., Beule, D. and Mundlos, S.
Abstract:Copy Number Variants (CNVs) are deletions, duplications or insertions larger than 50 base pairs. They account for a large percentage of the normal genome variation and play major roles in human pathology. While array-based approaches have long been used to detect them in clinical practice, whole-genome sequencing (WGS) bears the promise to allow concomitant exploration of CNVs and smaller variants. However, accurately calling CNVs from WGS remains a difficult computational task, for which a consensus is still lacking. In this paper, we explore practical calling options to reach the best compromise between sensitivity and sensibility. We show that callers based on different signal (paired-end reads, split reads, coverage depth) yield complementary results. We suggest approaches combining four selected callers (Manta, Delly, ERDS, CNVnator) and a regenotyping tool (SV2), and show that this is applicable in everyday practice in terms of computation time and further interpretation. We demonstrate the superiority of these approaches over array-based Comparative Genomic Hybridization (aCGH), specifically regarding the lack of resolution in breakpoint definition and the detection of potentially relevant CNVs. Finally, we confirm our results on the NA12878 benchmark genome, as well as one clinically validated sample. In conclusion, we suggest that WGS constitutes a timely and economically valid alternative to the combination of aCGH and whole-exome sequencing.
Keywords:DNA Sequencing, Genome Informatics
Source:European Journal of Human Genetics
ISSN:1018-4813
Publisher:Nature Publishing Group
Volume:30
Number:2
Page Range:178-186
Date:February 2022
Official Publication:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41431-021-00983-x
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