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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.WABI.2022.4

Haplotype Threading Using the Positional Burrows-Wheeler Transform

Authors: Ahsan Sanaullah, Degui Zhi, and Shaoije Zhang

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 242, 22nd International Workshop on Algorithms in Bioinformatics (WABI 2022)

Abstract

In the classic model of population genetics, one haplotype (query) is considered as a mosaic copy of segments from a number of haplotypes in a panel, or threading the haplotype through the panel. The Li and Stephens model parameterized this problem using a hidden Markov model (HMM). However, HMM algorithms are linear to the sample size, and can be very expensive for biobank-scale panels. Here, we formulate the haplotype threading problem as the Minimal Positional Substring Cover problem, where a query is represented by a mosaic of a minimal number of substring matches from the panel. We show that this problem can be solved by a sequential set of greedy set maximal matches. Moreover, the solution space can be bounded by the left-most and the right-most solutions by the greedy approach. Based on these results, we formulate and solve several variations of this problem. Although our results are yet to be generalized to the cases with mismatches, they offer a theoretical framework for designing methods for genotype imputation and haplotype phasing.

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Ahsan Sanaullah, Degui Zhi, and Shaoije Zhang. Haplotype Threading Using the Positional Burrows-Wheeler Transform. In 22nd International Workshop on Algorithms in Bioinformatics (WABI 2022). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 242, pp. 4:1-4:14, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2022)

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@InProceedings{sanaullah_et_al:LIPIcs.WABI.2022.4,
  author =	{Sanaullah, Ahsan and Zhi, Degui and Zhang, Shaoije},
  title =	{{Haplotype Threading Using the Positional Burrows-Wheeler Transform}},
  booktitle =	{22nd International Workshop on Algorithms in Bioinformatics (WABI 2022)},
  pages =	{4:1--4:14},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-243-3},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2022},
  volume =	{242},
  editor =	{Boucher, Christina and Rahmann, Sven},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.WABI.2022.4},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-170386},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.WABI.2022.4},
  annote =	{Keywords: Substring Cover, PBWT, Haplotype Threading, Haplotype Matching}
}

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