STAR Protocols (Mar 2022)

GBS-MeDIP: A protocol for parallel identification of genetic and epigenetic variation in the same reduced fraction of genomes across individuals

  • Shiva Rezaei,
  • Julia Uffenorde,
  • Oliver Gimm,
  • Mohammad Ali Hosseinpour Feizi,
  • Stefan Miemczyk,
  • Luiz Lehmann Coutinho,
  • Per Jensen,
  • Carlos Guerrero-Bosagna,
  • Fábio Pértille

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 3, no. 1
p. 101202

Abstract

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Summary: The GBS-MeDIP protocol combines two previously described techniques, Genotype-by-Sequencing (GBS) and Methylated-DNA-Immunoprecipitation (MeDIP). Our method allows for parallel and cost-efficient interrogation of genetic and methylomic variants in the DNA of many reduced genomes, taking advantage of the barcoding of DNA samples performed in the GBS and the subsequent creation of DNA pools, then used as an input for the MeDIP. The GBS-MeDIP is particularly suitable to identify genetic and methylomic biomarkers when resources for whole genome interrogation are lacking.

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