A computational approach for positive genetic identification and relatedness detection from low-coverage shotgun sequencing data

Abstract Several methods exist for detecting genetic relatedness or identity by comparing DNA information. These methods generally require genotype calls, either single-nucleotide polymorphisms or short tandem repeats, at the sites used for comparison. For some DNA samples, like those obtained from...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Journal of heredity 2023-08, Vol.114 (5), p.504-512
Hauptverfasser: Nguyen, Remy, Kapp, Joshua D, Sacco, Samuel, Myers, Steven P, Green, Richard E
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Zusammenfassung:Abstract Several methods exist for detecting genetic relatedness or identity by comparing DNA information. These methods generally require genotype calls, either single-nucleotide polymorphisms or short tandem repeats, at the sites used for comparison. For some DNA samples, like those obtained from bone fragments or single rootless hairs, there is often not enough DNA present to generate genotype calls that are accurate and complete enough for these comparisons. Here, we describe IBDGem, a fast and robust computational procedure for detecting genomic regions of identity-by-descent by comparing low-coverage shotgun sequence data against genotype calls from a known query individual. At less than 1× genome coverage, IBDGem reliably detects segments of relatedness and can make high-confidence identity detections with as little as 0.01× genome coverage.
ISSN:0022-1503
1465-7333
DOI:10.1093/jhered/esad041