{"entity": "publication", "iuid": "92e5751ccb764c80aaad3eda1d65a060", "timestamp": "2026-09-23T14:48:55.135Z", "links": {"self": {"href": "https://publications-affiliated.scilifelab.se/publication/92e5751ccb764c80aaad3eda1d65a060.json"}, "display": {"href": "https://publications-affiliated.scilifelab.se/publication/92e5751ccb764c80aaad3eda1d65a060"}}, "title": "Linked-read sequencing enables haplotype-resolved resequencing at population scale.", "authors": [{"family": "Lutgen", "given": "Dave", "initials": "D", "orcid": "0000-0003-0793-3930", "researcher": {"href": "https://publications-affiliated.scilifelab.se/researcher/8fccaeeed5bd43e98eb49003c72f050b.json"}}, {"family": "Ritter", "given": "Raphael", "initials": "R"}, {"family": "Olsen", "given": "Remi-Andr\u00e9", "initials": "RA"}, {"family": "Schielzeth", "given": "Holger", "initials": "H", "orcid": "0000-0002-9124-2261", "researcher": {"href": "https://publications-affiliated.scilifelab.se/researcher/185297e474cc4e09b1f2087fb7d902a1.json"}}, {"family": "Gruselius", "given": "Joel", "initials": "J"}, {"family": "Ewels", "given": "Philip", "initials": "P", "orcid": "0000-0003-4101-2502", "researcher": {"href": "https://publications-affiliated.scilifelab.se/researcher/fcec263f8dde4e788d6bd4702483c7f4.json"}}, {"family": "Garc\u00eda", "given": "Jes\u00fas T", "initials": "JT", "orcid": "0000-0003-4126-9658", "researcher": {"href": "https://publications-affiliated.scilifelab.se/researcher/a7611bf7a3894ce89af20a2d3b69c462.json"}}, {"family": "Shirihai", "given": "Hadoram", "initials": "H"}, {"family": "Schweizer", "given": "Manuel", "initials": "M"}, {"family": "Suh", "given": "Alexander", "initials": "A", "orcid": "0000-0002-8979-9992", "researcher": {"href": "https://publications-affiliated.scilifelab.se/researcher/e1790a31477c4376957d8c328299db1c.json"}}, {"family": "Burri", "given": "Reto", "initials": "R", "orcid": "0000-0002-1813-0079", "researcher": {"href": "https://publications-affiliated.scilifelab.se/researcher/b8b109ad7c724c3f9db1732c2f93b175.json"}}], "type": "journal article", "published": "2020-09-00", "journal": {"title": "Mol Ecol Resour", "issn": "1755-0998", "volume": "20", "issue": "5", "pages": "1311-1322", "issn-l": "1755-098X"}, "abstract": "The feasibility to sequence entire genomes of virtually any organism provides unprecedented insights into the evolutionary history of populations and species. Nevertheless, many population genomic inferences - including the quantification and dating of admixture, introgression and demographic events, and inference of selective sweeps - are still limited by the lack of high-quality haplotype information. The newest generation of sequencing technology now promises significant progress. To establish the feasibility of haplotype-resolved genome resequencing at population scale, we investigated properties of linked-read sequencing data of songbirds of the genus Oenanthe across a range of sequencing depths. Our results based on the comparison of downsampled (25\u00d7, 20\u00d7, 15\u00d7, 10\u00d7, 7\u00d7, and 5\u00d7) with high-coverage data (46-68\u00d7) of seven bird genomes mapped to a reference suggest that phasing contiguities and accuracies adequate for most population genomic analyses can be reached already with moderate sequencing effort. At 15\u00d7 coverage, phased haplotypes span about 90% of the genome assembly, with 50% and 90% of phased sequences located in phase blocks longer than 1.25-4.6 Mb (N50) and 0.27-0.72 Mb (N90). Phasing accuracy reaches beyond 99% starting from 15\u00d7 coverage. Higher coverages yielded higher contiguities (up to about 7 Mb/1 Mb [N50/N90] at 25\u00d7 coverage), but only marginally improved phasing accuracy. Phase block contiguity improved with input DNA molecule length; thus, higher-quality DNA may help keeping sequencing costs at bay. In conclusion, even for organisms with gigabase-sized genomes like birds, linked-read sequencing at moderate depth opens an affordable avenue towards haplotype-resolved genome resequencing at population scale.", "doi": "10.1111/1755-0998.13192", "pmid": "32419391", "labels": [], "xrefs": [], "notes": [], "created": "2026-09-23T10:14:00.932Z", "modified": "2026-09-23T10:52:26.121Z"}