Table 1.
An overview of long-read-based population studies
| Study | Organism and category | Technologya and analysis approach | Sample sizeb | Genome size (Mbp) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kou et al. (2020) |
Rice Agriculture |
PacBio Assembly comparison and read mapping |
15 (LR); 393 (SR) | 430 | 129 |
| Weissensteiner et al. (2020) |
Crow Evolution |
PacBio Read mapping |
33 (LR); 127 (SR) | 1,300 | 35 |
| Chakraborty et al. (2019) |
Drosophila Evolution |
PacBio Assembly comparison |
14 (LR) | 180 | 34 |
| Jiao & Schneeberger (2020) |
Arabidopsis Evolution |
PacBio Assembly comparison |
7 (LR) | 135 | 130 |
| Alonge et al. (2020) |
Tomato Agriculture |
ONT Read mapping |
100 (LR) | 950 | 32 |
| Beyter et al. (2020) |
Human Human evolution |
ONT Read mapping |
3622 (LR) | 3,200 | 11 |
| Tusso et al. (2019) |
Yeast Evolution |
ONT and PacBio Assembly comparison and read mapping |
17 (LR); 161 (SR) | 12 | 30 |
| Liu et al. (2020) |
Soy bean Agriculture |
PacBio Assembly comparison |
26 (LR) | 1,150 | 33 |
| Chawla et al. (2020) |
Rapeseed Agriculture |
ONT and PacBio Read mapping |
12 (LR) | 1,132 | 131 |
| Hiatt et al. (2020) |
Human Human evolution |
PacBio Assembly comparison and read mapping |
18 (LR) | 3,200 | 18 |
| Mitsuhashi et al. (2020) |
Human Human evolution |
ONT and PacBio Read mapping |
37 (LR) | 3,200 | 132 |
| Shafin et al. (2020) |
Human Human evolution |
ONT Assembly comparison |
11 (LR) | 3,200 | 25 |
| De Roeck et al. (2020) |
Human Human evolution |
ONT Read mapping |
11 (LR) | 3,200 | 133 |
| Chaisson et al. (2019) |
Human Human evolution |
ONT and PacBio Assembly comparison |
9 (LR) | 3,200 | 10 |
| Morena-Barrio et al. (2020) |
Human Human evolution |
ONT Read mapping |
19 (LR) | 3,200 | 19 |
| Song et al. (2020) |
Rapeseed Agriculture |
PacBio Assembly comparison |
8 (LR) | 1,132 | 134 |
| Sone et al. (2019) |
Human Human evolution |
ONT and PacBio Read mapping |
17 (LR) | 3,200 | 20 |
| Kim et al. (2020) |
Drosophila Evolution |
ONT Assembly comparison |
101 (LR) | 180 | 135 |
| Pauper et al. (2020) |
Human Human evolution |
PacBio Read mapping |
15 (LR) | 3,200 | 136 |
| Ebert et al. (2020) |
Human Human evolution |
PacBio Assembly comparison |
64 (LR) | 3,200 | 46 |
| Quan et al. (2020) |
Human Human evolution |
ONT Read mapping |
25 (LR) | 3,200 | 137 |
| Hufford et al. (2021) |
Maize Agriculture |
PacBio Assembly comparison |
26 (LR) | 2,200 | 13 |
| Hu et al. (2021) |
Maize Agriculture |
PacBio Assembly comparison |
6 (LR) | 2,200 | 138 |
| Wu et al. (2021) |
Human Human evolution |
ONT and PacBio Read mapping |
405 (LR) | 3,200 | 12 |
aTwo main platforms are used in long-read sequencing projects, Pacific Biosciences (PacBio) high fidelity (HiFi) and Oxford Nanopore Technologies (ONT) PromethION. bSample sizes for long-read (LR) and short-read (SR) sequencing are specified.