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ReviewNature genetics2025

Pangenome graphs and their applications in biodiversity genomics.

Simona Secomandi, Guido Roberto Gallo, Riccardo Rossi, Carlos Rodríguez Fernandes, Erich D Jarvis, Andrea Bonisoli-Alquati, Luca Gianfranceschi, Giulio Formenti

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Review in Nature genetics, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 35 papers.

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35citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

35 citing papers in PubMed.

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  15. A Complete Genome for the Common Marmoset.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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  16. Accessing crop genetic diversity via pangenomics.TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Simona Secomandi *Laboratory of Neurogenetics of Language, the Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8597-6034
Guido Roberto Gallo *Department of Biosciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5980-0326
Riccardo RossiDepartment of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy.ORCID 0009-0009-9618-3780
Carlos Rodríguez FernandesCentre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes (CE3C) and CHANGE, Global Change and Sustainability Institute, Departamento de Biologia Animal, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-1386-8103
Erich D JarvisLaboratory of Neurogenetics of Language, the Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8931-5049
Andrea Bonisoli-AlquatiDepartment of Biological Sciences, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, Pomona, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9255-7556
Luca GianfranceschiDepartment of Biosciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-7644-5968
Giulio FormentiThe Vertebrate Genome Laboratory, New York, NY, USA. gformenti@rockefeller.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-7554-5991

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Complete datasets of genetic variants are key to biodiversity genomic studies. Long-read sequencing technologies allow the routine assembly of highly contiguous, haplotype-resolved reference genomes. However, even when complete, reference genomes from a single individual may bias downstream analyses and fail to adequately represent genetic diversity within a population or species. Pangenome graphs assembled from aligned collections of high-quality genomes can overcome representation bias by integrating sequence information from multiple genomes from the same population, species or genus into a single reference. Here, we review the available tools and data structures to build, visualize and manipulate pangenome graphs while providing practical examples and discussing their applications in biodiversity and conservation genomics across the tree of life.

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BiodiversityGenomeGenomicsAnimalsGenetic VariationHumans

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the Socratic graph.