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A universal and independent synthetic DNA ladder for the quantitative measurement of genomic features

Abstract

Standard units of measurement are required for the quantitative description of nature; however, few standard units have been established for genomics to date. Here, we have developed a synthetic DNA ladder that defines a quantitative standard unit that can measure DNA sequence abundance within a next-generation sequencing library. The ladder can be spiked into a DNA sample, and act as an internal scale that measures quantitative genetics features. Unlike previous spike-ins, the ladder is encoded within a single molecule, and can be equivalently and independently synthesized by different laboratories. We show how the ladder can measure diverse quantitative features, including human genetic variation and microbial abundance, and also estimate uncertainty due to technical variation and improve normalization between libraries. This ladder provides an independent quantitative unit that can be used with any organism, application or technology, thereby providing a common metric by which genomes can be measured.

Type Journal
ISBN 2041-1723
Authors Reis, Andre L. M.; Deveson, Ira W.; Wong, Ted; Madala, Bindu Swapna; Barker, Chris; Blackburn, James; Marcellin, Esteban; Mercer, Tim R.
Responsible Garvan Author (missing name)
Publisher Name Nature Communications
Published Date 2020-07-17
Published Volume 11
Published Issue 1
Published Pages 3609
Status Always Electronic
DOI 10.1038/s41467-020-17445-5
URL link to publisher's version https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17445-5