DRAGEN Reference Support

DRAGEN supports the construction of a reference hash tables for both human and non-human reference genomes. The reference autodetect feature of DRAGEN is able to recognize the reference hash tables build on the four Human reference genomes: hg19 (hg19), GRCh37/hs37d5 (hs37d5), GRCh38/hs38d1(hg38), and T2T-CHM13v2.0 (chm13). Pre-built human reference hash tables are available for download at DRAGEN Software Support Site page.

DRAGEN also supports multigenome reference graphs hash tables which extend the reference genomes with alternative variant paths from a sample cohort used to construct the multigenome reference. A graph-based reference improves the mapping accuracy of Illumina reads in the “Difficult-to-Map Regions” of the genome and the downstream variant calling. Pre-built human multigenome reference graphs are available for download at DRAGEN Software Support Site page.

In the following tables we summarize the reference support for each DRAGEN component and the recommended reference type for each component.

Germline

ComponentHuman hg19Human hs37d5Human hg38Human chm13Non-HumanRecommended Human Reference TypeRecommended Non-Human Reference Type

SNV

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Graph

Non-Graph

CNV

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes*

No

Graph

Non-Graph

SV

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes*

Yes

Graph

Non-Graph

Expansion Hunter

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

Graph

Non-Graph

Targeted Callers

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

Graph

Non-Graph

RNA

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes*

Yes

Non-Graph

Non-Graph

De Novo

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes*

Yes

Graph

Non-Graph

Joint Genotyping

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes*

Yes

Graph

Non-Graph

Biomarkers (HLA)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes*

No

Graph

Non-Graph

gVCF genotyper

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes*

Yes

Graph

Non-Graph

Somatic

ComponentHuman hg19Human hs37d5Human hg38Human chm13Non-HumanRecommended Human Reference TypeRecommended Non-Human Reference Type

SNV

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes*

No

Non-Graph

Non-Graph

UMI SNV

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes*

No

Non-Graph

Non-Graph

CNV

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes*

No

Non-Graph

Non-Graph

SV

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes*

No

Non-Graph

Non-Graph

Methylation

ComponentHuman hg19Human hs37d5Human hg38Human chm13Non-HumanRecommended Human Reference TypeRecommended Non-Human Reference Type

Methylation

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

Non-Graph

Non-Graph

Annotation

ComponentHuman hg19Human hs37d5Human hg38Human chm13Non-HumanRecommended Human Reference TypeRecommended Non-Human Reference Type

Nirvana

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

* DRAGEN supports the component execution, however the component's accuracy has not been established.

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