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Sequence read mapping and variant discovery from bovine breed-specific augmented reference graphs

View ORCID ProfileDanang Crysnanto, View ORCID ProfileHubert Pausch
doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2019.12.20.882423
Danang Crysnanto
Animal Genomics, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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Hubert Pausch
Animal Genomics, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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Background The bovine linear reference sequence was assembled from a DNA sample of a Hereford cow. It lacks diversity because it does not contain allelic variation. Lack of diversity is a drawback of linear references that results in reference allele bias. High nucleotide diversity and the separation of individuals by hundreds of breeds make cattle uniquely suited to investigate the optimal composition of variation-aware references.

Results We augment the bovine linear reference sequence (ARS-UCD1.2) with variants filtered for allele frequency in dairy (Brown Swiss, Holstein) and dual-purpose (Fleckvieh, Original Braunvieh) cattle breeds to construct breed-specific and pan-genome reference graphs using the vg toolkit. We find that read mapping is more accurate to variation-aware than linear references if pre-selected variants are used for graph construction. Graphs that contain random variants do not improve read mapping over the linear reference sequence. Breed-specific augmented graphs and pan-genome graphs enable almost similar accuracy improvements over the linear reference. We construct a whole-genome graph that contains the Hereford-based reference sequence and 14 million variants filtered for allele frequency in the Brown Swiss cattle breed. We show that our novel variation-aware reference facilitates accurate read mapping and unbiased sequence variant genotyping.

Conclusions We developed the first variation-aware reference graph for an agricultural animal using variants that were filtered for allele frequency: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3570312. The novel reference structure improves sequence read mapping and variant genotyping over the linear reference. Our work may serve as a guideline to establish variation-aware reference structures in species with high genetic diversity and many sub-populations.

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  • https://github.com/danangcrysnanto/bovine-graphs-mapping

  • https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3570312

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Sequence read mapping and variant discovery from bovine breed-specific augmented reference graphs
Danang Crysnanto, Hubert Pausch
bioRxiv 2019.12.20.882423; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2019.12.20.882423
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Sequence read mapping and variant discovery from bovine breed-specific augmented reference graphs
Danang Crysnanto, Hubert Pausch
bioRxiv 2019.12.20.882423; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2019.12.20.882423

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