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Exome Sequencing vs RNA-Seq to Identify Coding Region Variants

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Whole Genome Sequencing

The advent of next-generation sequencing technologies has revolutionized the study of genetic variation in the human genome. Whole-genome sequencing currently represents the most comprehensive strategy for variant detection genome-wide but is costly for large sample sizes, and variants detected in noncoding regions remain largely uninterpretable.

Whole Exome Sequencing

By contrast, whole-exome sequencing has been widely applied in the identification of germline mutations underlying Mendelian disorders, somatic mutations in various cancers and de novo mutations in neurodevelopmental disorders. Since whole-exome sequencing focuses upon the entire set of exons in the genome (the exome), it requires additional exome-enrichment steps compared with whole-genome sequencing. Although the availability of multiple commercial exome-enrichment kits has made whole-exome sequencing technically feasible, it has also added to the overall cost.

Transcriptome Sequencing

This has led to the emergence of transcriptome (or RNA) sequencing as a potential alternative approach to variant detection within protein coding regions, since the transcriptome of a given tissue represents a quasi-complete set of transcribed genes (mRNAs) and other noncoding RNAs. A further advantage of this approach is that it bypasses the need for exome enrichment.

  • Ku CS, Wu M, Cooper DN, Naidoo N, Pawitan Y, Pang B, Iacopetta B, Soong R. (2012) Exome versus transcriptome sequencing in identifying coding region variants. Expert Rev Mol Diagn 12(3), 241-51. [abstract]

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One Response to “Exome Sequencing vs RNA-Seq to Identify Coding Region Variants”

  1. Seunghee lee on January 25th, 2013 8:08 pm

    I want to confirm that pre mRNA splicing varient difference between normal and disease condition.
    My sample is maybe platelet
    I want to find new targets for my research.
    I think that RNA-seq or exome RNA seq.
    is anyone good?

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