Novel bioinformatic developments for exome sequencing

Stefan H. Lelieveld, Joris A. Veltman, Christian Gilissen*

*Corresponding author for this work

Research output: Contribution to journalArticleAcademicpeer-review

Abstract

With the widespread adoption of next generation sequencing technologies by the genetics community and the rapid decrease in costs per base, exome sequencing has become a standard within the repertoire of genetic experiments for both research and diagnostics. Although bioinformatics now offers standard solutions for the analysis of exome sequencing data, many challenges still remain; especially the increasing scale at which exome data are now being generated has given rise to novel challenges in how to efficiently store, analyze and interpret exome data of this magnitude. In this review we discuss some of the recent developments in bioinformatics for exome sequencing and the directions that this is taking us to. With these developments, exome sequencing is paving the way for the next big challenge, the application of whole genome sequencing.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)603-614
JournalHuman Genetics
Volume135
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jun 2016

Cite this