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Wang Z, Qin L, Liu J, et al. Forensic nanopore sequencing of microhaplotype markers using QitanTech's QNome. Forensic Sci Int Genet. 2021;57:102657doi: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2021.102657.
Wang, Z., Qin, L., Liu, J., Jiang, L., Zou, X., Chen, X., Song, F., Dai, H., & Hou, Y. (2021). Forensic nanopore sequencing of microhaplotype markers using QitanTech's QNome. Forensic science international. Genetics, 57102657. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsigen.2021.102657
Wang, Zheng, et al. "Forensic nanopore sequencing of microhaplotype markers using QitanTech's QNome." Forensic science international. Genetics vol. 57 (2021): 102657. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsigen.2021.102657
Wang Z, Qin L, Liu J, Jiang L, Zou X, Chen X, Song F, Dai H, Hou Y. Forensic nanopore sequencing of microhaplotype markers using QitanTech's QNome. Forensic Sci Int Genet. 2021 Dec 27;57:102657. doi: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2021.102657. Epub 2021 Dec 27. PMID: 34973558.
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Forensic Sci Int Genet. 2021 Dec 27;57:102657. doi: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2021.102657. Epub 2021 Dec 27.

Forensic nanopore sequencing of microhaplotype markers using QitanTech's QNome.

Forensic science international. Genetics

Zheng Wang, Liu Qin, Jing Liu, Lirong Jiang, Xing Zou, Xiameng Chen, Feng Song, Hao Dai, Yiping Hou

Affiliations

  1. Institute of Forensic Medicine, West China School of Basic Medical Sciences & Forensic Medicine, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
  2. Qitan Technology Ltd., Chengdu 610044, China.
  3. Department of Forensic Pathology, West China School of Basic Medical Sciences & Forensic Medicine, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
  4. Institute of Forensic Medicine, West China School of Basic Medical Sciences & Forensic Medicine, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 34973558 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2021.102657

Abstract

In recent years, extraordinary progress has been made in genome sequencing technologies, which has led to a decrease in cost and an increase in the diversity of sequenced genomes. Nanopore sequencing is one of the latest genome sequencing technologies. It aims to sequence longer contiguous pieces of DNA, which are essential for resolving structurally complex regions, and provides a new approach for forensic genetics to detect longer markers in real time. To date, multiple studies have been conducted to sequence forensic markers using MinION from Oxford Nanopore Technologies (ONT), and the results indicate that nanopore sequencing holds promise for forensic applications. Qitan Technology (QitanTech) recently launched its first commercial nanopore genome sequencer, QNome. It could achieve a read length of more than 150 kbp, and could generate approximately 500 Mb of data in 8 h. In this pilot study, we explored and validated this alternative nanopore sequencing device for microhaplotype (MH) profiling using a custom set of 15 MH loci. Seventy single-contributor samples were divided into 7 batches, each of which included 10 samples and control DNA 9947A and was sequenced by QNome. MH genotypes generated from QNome were compared to those from Ion Torrent sequencing (Ion S5XL system) to evaluate the accuracy and stability. Twelve samples randomly selected from the last three batches and Control DNA 9947A were also subjected to ONT MinION sequencing (with R9.4 flow cell) for parallel comparison. Based on MHtyper, a bioinformatics workflow developed for automated MH designation, all MH loci can be genotyped and reliably phased using the QNome data, with an overall accuracy of 99.83% (4 errors among 2310 genotypes). Three occurred near or in the region of homopolymer sequences, and one existed within 50 bp of the start of the sequencing reaction. In the last 15 samples (12 individual samples and 3 replicates of control DNA 9947A), two SNPs located at 4-mer homopolymers failed to obtain reliable genotypes on the MinION data. This study shows the potential of state-of-the-art nanopore sequencing methods to analyze forensic MH markers. Given the rapid pace of change, sporadic and nonrepetitive errors presented in this study are expected to be resolved by further developments of nanopore technologies and analysis tools.

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Keywords: Forensic genetics; Microhaplotype profiling; MinION; Nanopore sequencing; QNome

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