Nature Communications (Apr 2019)

Sequencing of human genomes with nanopore technology

  • Rory Bowden,
  • Robert W. Davies,
  • Andreas Heger,
  • Alistair T. Pagnamenta,
  • Mariateresa de Cesare,
  • Laura E. Oikkonen,
  • Duncan Parkes,
  • Colin Freeman,
  • Fatima Dhalla,
  • Smita Y. Patel,
  • Niko Popitsch,
  • Camilla L. C. Ip,
  • Hannah E. Roberts,
  • Silvia Salatino,
  • Helen Lockstone,
  • Gerton Lunter,
  • Jenny C. Taylor,
  • David Buck,
  • Michael A. Simpson,
  • Peter Donnelly

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09637-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Nanopore sequencing technology generates longer reads than current technologies, but with more errors. Here, the authors develop new analytical tools to improve accuracy and evaluate the potential of nanopore sequencing for clinical human genomics.