Whole-genome sequencing is more powerful than whole-exome sequencing for detecting exome variants
Aziz Belkadi, Alexandre Bolze, Yuval Itan, Aurelie Cobat, Quentin B Vincent, Alexander Antipenko, Lei Shang, Bertrand Boisson, Jean-Laurent Casanova, Laurent Abel
This study compares whole-genome sequencing (WGS) and whole-exome sequencing (WES) in six individuals, finding WGS more effective at detecting coding variants, particularly SNVs, with fewer false positives.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · Apr 28, 2015Peer-reviewedGenetics