A family portrait of the genomic factors shaping tandem repeat mutagenesis
Thomas A. Sasani, Michael E. Goldberg, Akshay Kumar Avvaru, Thomas J. Nicholas, Deborah Wood Neklason, Egor Dolzhenko, Tom Mokveld, Katherine M. Munson, Kendra Hoekzema, Marcelo Ayllon, Eli J. Kaufman, David Porubskỳ, Zev N. Kronenberg, Guilherme De Sena Brandine, William J. Rowell, , Harriet Dashnow
This study identifies genomic factors influencing tandem repeat mutagenesis using long-read sequencing in a large family, finding that de novo mutations are more common at longer, uninterrupted, and heterozygous loci.
bioRxiv · May 12, 2026 · PreprintGenomics