> Analyzing Performance of the Twist Exome with CNV Backbone at Various Probe Densities Leveraging Golden Helix VS-CNV

Analyzing Performance of the Twist Exome with CNV Backbone at Various Probe Densities Leveraging Golden Helix VS-CNV

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February 21st, 2024

Presented By: Nathan Fortier, Director of Research

Clinical Whole Exome Sequencing (WES) offers a high diagnostic yield test by detecting pathogenic variants in all coding genes of the human genome. WES is poised to consolidate multiple genetic tests by accurately identifying Copy Number Variation (CNV) events, typically necessitating microarray analyses. However, standard commercial exome kits are limited to targeting exon coding regions, leaving significant gaps in coverage between genes which could hinder comprehensive CNV detection.

Addressing the need for comprehensive coverage, Twist Bioscience has developed an enhanced Twist Exome 2.0 Plus Comprehensive Exome Spike-in capture panel with added "backbone" probes. These probes target common SNPs polymorphic in multiple populations and are evenly distributed in the intergenic and intronic regions, with three varying densities at 25kb, 50kb, and 100kb intervals. In this webcast, we discuss the combined efficacy of the backbone-probe enhanced exome capture kit and VS-CNV in identifying known CNVs using the Coriell CNVPANEL01 reference set.

This webcast reviews:

  • The sensitivity rate for the detection of known CNV events at all three probe densities.
  • The impact of best-practice quality metrics and filters on sensitivity.
  • How VarSeq’s CNV annotation capabilities can be leveraged to identify likely pathogenic CNVs.
  • The interpretation of clinically relevant CNVs using VSClinical.

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