684 results about "Reference genome" patented technology

The present invention relates to systems and methods capable of characterizing populations of organisms within a sample. The characterization may utilize probabilistic matching of short strings of sequencing information to identify genomes from a reference genomic database to which the short strings belong. The characterization may include identification of the microbial community of the sample to the species and / or sub-species and / or strain level with their relative concentrations or abundance. In addition, the system and methods may enable rapid identification of organisms including both pathogens and commensals in clinical samples, and the identification may be achieved by a comparison of many (e.g., hundreds to millions) metagenomic fragments, which have been captured from a sample and sequenced, to many (e.g., millions or billions) of archived sequence information of genomes (i.e., reference genomic databases).

Systems, methods, and analytical approaches for short read sequence assembly and for the detection of insertions and deletions (indels) in a reference genome. A method suitable for software implementation is presented in which indels may be readily identified in a computationally efficient manner.

The invention provides a method for single cell classification and screening and a device therefor. The method comprises the following steps of carrying out comparison of reads obtained by sample sequencing and a reference genome, carrying out data filtration of a comparison result, determining a consistent genotype of all single cell samples according to filtered data, saving the consistent genotype of the all single cell samples into a SNP data set, extracting genotype files of loci corresponding to reference genome SNP data set positions from the saved SNP data set, selecting a cell mutation SNP locus, and carrying out cell classification and functional gene screening according to a genotype file of the cell mutation SNP locus. The method and the device avoid cell marking, solve the problem that the traditional single cell classification method can not realize classification of a certain cell subset having no corresponding specific markers, realize complete analysis of genetic variation information of a single cell genome, and greatly improve the accuracy of cell subset classification.

Disclosed are new methods comprising the use of in situ hybridization to detect abnormal nucleic acid sequence copy numbers in one or more genomes wherein repetitive sequences that bind to multiple loci in a reference chromosome spread are either substantially removed and / or their hybridization signals suppressed. The invention termed Comparative Genomic Hybridization (CGH) provides for methods of determining the relative number of copies of nucleic acid sequences in one or more subject genomes or portions thereof (for example, a tumor cell) as a function of the location of those sequences in a reference genome (for example, a normal human genome). The intensity(ies) of the signals from each labeled subject nucleic acid and / or the differences in the ratios between different signals from the labeled subject nucleic acid sequences are compared to determine the relative copy numbers of the nucleic acid sequences in the one or more subject genomes as a function of position along the reference chromosome spread. Amplifications, duplications and / or deletions in the subject genome(s) can be detected. Also provided is a method of determining the absolute copy numbers of substantially all RNA or DNA sequences in subject cell(s) or cell population(s).