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Chimeric reference panels for genomic imputation.

Meikun Zhou¹, Maddie E James¹, Jan Engelstädter¹

¹School of the Environment, and Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Plant Success in Nature and Agriculture, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia.

|October 1, 2025

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Retriever overcomes missing genomic data by building custom reference panels from existing samples. This cost-effective genotype imputation method achieves over 95% accuracy without external panels, benefiting diverse species.

Keywords:

VCF file imputation missing data next-generation sequencing nonmodel organisms reference panel

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Area of Science:

Genomics
Bioinformatics
Computational Biology

Background:

Missing genotype data is a significant limitation in genomic research.
Current genotype imputation methods require expensive external reference panels, limiting their use in nonmodel organisms.
Existing methods often fail to capture novel genomic variations not present in reference panels.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop a novel method, Retriever, for constructing chimeric reference panels for genotype imputation.
To enable accurate genotype imputation without relying on external reference panels.
To provide a cost-effective and accessible solution for genomic analyses across diverse species.

Main Methods:

Retriever constructs a chimeric reference panel directly from target samples.
A sliding window approach identifies and retrieves genomic partitions with complete data.
Exploits complementary missing data distributions across samples to assemble a reference panel.

Main Results:

Retriever successfully constructs reference panels that preserve local linkage disequilibrium and capture novel variants.
Genotype imputation using Retriever-constructed panels with Beagle consistently achieves accuracy exceeding 95%.
The method demonstrates high accuracy across diverse datasets, including plants, animals, and fungi.

Conclusions:

Retriever eliminates the need for costly external reference panels for genotype imputation.
This method offers an accessible and cost-effective solution, broadening the scope of genomic research.
Retriever enhances the potential of genomic analyses by addressing the challenge of missing data.