The human pangenome reference reduces ancestry-related biases in somatic mutation detection
Chau V.K. Pham, Farida S.A. Abdelmalek, Tracy Hua, Erika Apel, Ava Bizjak, Ethan J. Schmidt, Kathleen E. Houlahan
This study benchmarks somatic mutation detection using the human pangenome reference and finds improved accuracy, especially in East Asian individuals.
bioRxiv · Apr 1, 2026 · PreprintBioinformatics