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NanoSim: nanopore sequence read simulator based on statistical characterization.

Chen Yang^1,2, Justin Chu^1,2, René L Warren¹

¹Canada's Michael Smith Genome Science Centre, British Columbia Cancer Agency, 570 W 7th Avenue, V5Z 4S6 Vancouver, Canada.

|March 23, 2017

Summary

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NanoSim is a new bioinformatics tool that simulates Oxford Nanopore Technologies (ONT) sequencing data. This long-read simulator helps benchmark analysis tools for genome characterization and next-generation sequencing technologies.

Keywords:

NanoSim nanopore sequencing sequence read simulation statistical modeling

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Area of Science:

Bioinformatics
Genomics
Computational Biology

Background:

Oxford Nanopore Technologies (ONT) MinION instruments generate long DNA reads crucial for genome characterization.
Developing bioinformatics tools for ONT data requires robust simulation software for benchmarking.
Existing tools may not fully capture the unique characteristics of nanopore sequencing data.

Purpose of the Study:

Introduce NanoSim, a novel, fast, and scalable read simulator for ONT data.
Provide a tool to generate in silico reads that accurately model ONT sequencing characteristics.
Facilitate the development and benchmarking of bioinformatics tools for long-read nanopore sequencing.

Main Methods:

NanoSim performs read characterization using alignment-based analysis to generate read profiles.
A simulation stage utilizes these profiles to produce synthetic reads from a reference genome.
The software is implemented in Python and R, capturing technology-specific features of ONT data.

Main Results:

NanoSim successfully models base-calling errors characteristic of ONT reads.
Performance was showcased on publicly available datasets (R7 and R7.3 chemistries).
Synthetic reads generated by NanoSim were compared favorably to experimental ONT reads and other simulators.

Conclusions:

NanoSim is expected to play an enabling role in advancing nanopore sequencing technologies.
The simulator will benefit the development of software for genome assembly, mutation detection, and metagenomic analysis.
NanoSim supports the ongoing improvement of scalable next-generation sequencing technologies.