Battelle Memorial Institute

Angela T Minard-Smith

Daniel M Bornman

Brian A Young

Esley M Heizer

Mark E Hester

Nancy McMillan

Boyu Yang

Gokhan Yavas

Nancy J McMillan

Nancy J Mcmillan

Jr Esley M Heizer

Jr Heizer Esley M

In at least one illustrative embodiment, a method may comprise selecting a first plurality of text strings that each represent a nucleotide sequence that was read by a massively parallel sequencing instrument, where the nucleotide sequences represented by the selected first plurality of text strings each correspond to a first target locus, comparing the selected first plurality of text strings to one another to determine an abundance count for each unique text string included in the selected first plurality of text strings, identifying a first number of unique text strings included in the selected first plurality of text strings as representing noise responses, and determining a method detection limit as a function of the abundance counts for the first number of unique text strings identified as representing noise responses.

Methods of analyzing massively parallel sequencing data

In one illustrative embodiment, an allelotyping method may include selecting a plurality of text strings that each represent a nucleotide sequence that was read by a massively parallel sequencing (MPS) instrument, where the nucleotide sequences represented by the selected plurality of text strings each correspond to a particular locus, comparing the selected plurality of text strings to one another to determine an abundance count for each unique text string included in the selected plurality of text strings, and determining one or more alleles for the particular locus by comparing the abundance count for each unique text string included in the selected plurality of text strings to an abundance threshold.

Allelotyping methods for massively parallel sequencing

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Angela T Minard-Smith