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  • Long-read sequencing generates large, chromosome-spanning DNA sequences.
  • Current whole-genome alignment tools struggle with parallelization efficiency due to fewer, longer sequences, leading to underutilized CPUs and increased runtimes.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a faster and more efficient whole-genome alignment method for long-read sequencing data.
  • To address the suboptimal CPU utilization and longer runtimes of existing alignment tools.

Main Methods:

  • Developed mm2-plus, an enhanced version of the minimap2 aligner.
  • Implemented a fine-grained parallel chaining algorithm.
  • Introduced a rapid method for distinguishing primary and secondary alignment chains.

Main Results:

  • Achieved significant acceleration in whole-genome alignment for human, plant, and primate genomes.
  • Observed speedups ranging from 1.6× to 7.2×.
  • Maintained alignment accuracy comparable to existing methods.

Conclusions:

  • mm2-plus offers a substantial improvement in speed and efficiency for whole-genome alignment of long-read sequencing data.
  • The optimizations effectively address the challenges posed by large, contiguous genomic sequences.
  • This advancement is crucial for accelerating genomic analysis pipelines.