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  • BnaT
    Member
    • Nov 2014
    • 10

    Insert size distribution for SV detection

    I'm new to bioinformatic analysis and statistics, and this is my first post.
    I've got a basic question regarding the insert size distribution of paired-end reads.
    Most of PEM-based SV callers assuming a normal distribution from insert size.
    I have made a plot with my own data (76bp PR from MiSeq) and I see that this distribution is right skewed. So my question is, are these callers appropiate for skewed distributions? Are they performing any data transformation? I'm a bit confused,

    Thanks
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  • Brian Bushnell
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    • Jan 2014
    • 2709

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    Insert-size distributions are always skewed, particularly from size-selected libraries. The assumption of a normal distribution is made because it makes the math easy- it would be better to use the actual distribution. But in practice, the difference should not be important, at least for structural variations much larger than the mean insert size.

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