mm2-ivh: simple and precise overlap detection in alpha satellite HORs with interval hashing

SummaryWe propose a new algorithm, "interval hashing," which distinguishes identical k-mers arising from different repeat sequences, particularly in complex repeat arrays such as alpha satellite HORs. We implement this algorithm as a fork of minimap2, named mm2-ivh. In local assembly of alpha satellite HORs, mm2-ivh accurately reconstructs more haplotypes than assemblers using standard minimizers. Availabilitymm2-ivh is available under the MIT license at https://github.com/ocxtal/mm2-ivh and runs on common Unix-compatible systems.