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ReviewGenome biology2020

Opportunities and challenges in long-read sequencing data analysis.

Shanika L Amarasinghe, Shian Su, Xueyi Dong, Luke Zappia, Matthew E Ritchie, Quentin Gouil

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Review in Genome biology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 840 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

840 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Systematic Review: Long-Read Sequencing in Algal Studies.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  4. Nanopore Sequencing for Chikungunya Virus: Principles and Application.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2027
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  6. Applications of circulating tumor DNA in unresectable and advanced non-small cell lung cancer immunotherapy: from stratification to therapeutic guidance.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Shanika L AmarasingheEpigenetics and Development Division, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, 3052, Australia.
Shian SuEpigenetics and Development Division, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, 3052, Australia.
Xueyi DongEpigenetics and Development Division, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, 3052, Australia.
Luke ZappiaBioinformatics, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, 3052, Australia.
Matthew E RitchieEpigenetics and Development Division, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, 3052, Australia.
Quentin GouilEpigenetics and Development Division, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, 3052, Australia. gouil.q@wehi.edu.au.ORCID 0000-0002-5142-7886

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Long-read technologies are overcoming early limitations in accuracy and throughput, broadening their application domains in genomics. Dedicated analysis tools that take into account the characteristics of long-read data are thus required, but the fast pace of development of such tools can be overwhelming. To assist in the design and analysis of long-read sequencing projects, we review the current landscape of available tools and present an online interactive database, long-read-tools.org, to facilitate their browsing. We further focus on the principles of error correction, base modification detection, and long-read transcriptomics analysis and highlight the challenges that remain.

Indexed as

AnimalsData ScienceGenomicsHumansNanopore SequencingWhole Genome SequencingData analysisLong-read sequencingOxford NanoporePacBio

Identifiers

PMID32033565
PMCPMC7006217

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