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Enriching for Answers in Rare Diseases.
Yilei Fu, Adam C English, Luis F Paulin, Shalini N Jhangiani, George Weissenberger, Vanessa Vee, Yi Han, Heer H Mehta, Donna M Muzny, Richard A Gibbs, Jennifer E Posey, Daniel G Calame, Fritz J Sedlazeck
Published: 202510.1101/2025.10.21.25338483
Abstract
Open AccessWe present Trio-barcoded ONT Adaptive Sampling (TBAS), a cost-efficient long-read sequencing strategy combining sample barcoding and adaptive enrichment to sequence rare-disease trios on a single PromethION flow cell. TBAS achieved near-complete variant phasing and detection of small variants, structural variants, and tandem repeats with high accuracy and 77% potential solve rate. This scalable approach retains methylation data and enables clinically relevant, phenotype-guided long-read diagnostics at a fraction of current costs.