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Detecting Large Deletions At Base Pair Level By Combining Split Read And Paired Read Data, Matthew Hayes, Jeremy S. Pearson
Detecting Large Deletions At Base Pair Level By Combining Split Read And Paired Read Data, Matthew Hayes, Jeremy S. Pearson
Computer Science Student Research
Background
Genomic structural variants (SV) play a significant role in the onset and progression of cancer. Genomic deletions can create oncogenic fusion genes or cause the loss of tumor suppressing gene function which can lead to tumorigenesis by downregulating these genes. Detecting these variants has clinical importance in the treatment of diseases. Furthermore, it is also clinically important to detect their breakpoint boundaries at high resolution. We have generalized the framework of a previously-published algorithm that located translocations, and we have applied that framework to develop a method to locate deletions at base pair level using next-generation sequencing data. Our …