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ArticleCell reports methods2025

DVOUG enables robust DNA sequence assembly and reconstruction with a dynamic, variable-order graph.

Zhiqiang Liu, Xue Li, Lei Xie, Bin Wang, Shihua Zhou, Ben Cao, Pan Zheng, Qiang Zhang

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Zhiqiang LiuKey Laboratory of Advanced Design and Intelligent Computing, Ministry of Education, School of Software Engineering, Dalian University, Dalian 116622, China.
Xue LiKey Laboratory of Advanced Design and Intelligent Computing, Ministry of Education, School of Software Engineering, Dalian University, Dalian 116622, China.
Lei XieKey Laboratory of Advanced Design and Intelligent Computing, Ministry of Education, School of Software Engineering, Dalian University, Dalian 116622, China.
Bin WangKey Laboratory of Advanced Design and Intelligent Computing, Ministry of Education, School of Software Engineering, Dalian University, Dalian 116622, China. Electronic address: wangbinpaper@gmail.com.
Shihua ZhouKey Laboratory of Advanced Design and Intelligent Computing, Ministry of Education, School of Software Engineering, Dalian University, Dalian 116622, China. Electronic address: zhoushihua@dlu.edu.cn.
Ben CaoSchool of Computer Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China. Electronic address: bencaocs@gmail.com.
Pan ZhengDepartment of Accounting and Information Systems, University of Canterbury, Christchurch 8140, New Zealand.
Qiang ZhangKey Laboratory of Advanced Design and Intelligent Computing, Ministry of Education, School of Software Engineering, Dalian University, Dalian 116622, China.

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Abstract

Under low-coverage or error-prone sequencing conditions, existing assembly frameworks often fail to simultaneously preserve genome integrity and biological variation. To address these, this work introduces a dynamic variable-order unitig-level assembly graph (DVOUG), which constructs an initial precise unitig-level assembly graph using a high k-value and progressively lowers the k-value in regions with low coverage or high noise. Experimental results show that DVOUG solves the problem of path entanglement when reconstructing short sequences under low coverage and significantly outperforms previous graphs in both genome assembly and DNA storage data reconstruction tasks, even under low coverage. In addition, DVOUG achieves more than 99% recall rate by graph neural networks (GNNs) for edge prediction, exceeding both unitig-level assembly graphs and traditional DBGs, while also reducing training time by 4×. In summary, DVOUG excels in handling complex noisy data, enhancing assembly accuracy, connectivity, and learnability, with strong potential for practical applications.

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Computational BiologySequence Analysis, DNAAlgorithmsDNAHigh-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingHumansNeural Networks, ComputerDNACP: computational biologyCP: geneticsde novo assemblyDNA sequence reconstructGNNsunitig-level assembly graphvariable-order k-mer

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