A beginner’s guide for FMDV quasispecies analysis: sub-consensus variant detection and haplotype reconstruction using next-generation sequencing

Deep sequencing of viral genomes is a powerful tool to study RNA virus complexity. However, the analysis of next-generation sequencing data might be challenging for researchers who have never approached the study of viral quasispecies by this methodology. In this work we present a suitable and affor...

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Autores principales: Cacciabue, Marco Polo, Curra, Anabella Paola, Carrillo, Elisa Cristina, Konig, Guido Alberto, Gismondi, Maria Ines
Formato: info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford Academic Press 2021
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Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/10781
https://academic.oup.com/bib/article/21/5/1766/5565040
https://doi.org/10.1093/bib/bbz086
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Sumario:Deep sequencing of viral genomes is a powerful tool to study RNA virus complexity. However, the analysis of next-generation sequencing data might be challenging for researchers who have never approached the study of viral quasispecies by this methodology. In this work we present a suitable and affordable guide to explore the sub-consensus variability and to reconstruct viral quasispecies from Illumina sequencing data. The guide includes a complete analysis pipeline along with user-friendly descriptions of software and file formats. In addition, we assessed the feasibility of the workflow proposed by analyzing a set of foot-and-mouth disease viruses (FMDV) with different degrees of variability. This guide introduces the analysis of quasispecies of FMDV and other viruses through this kind of approach.