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Science & ResearchAug 19, 2026

An Icelandic pangenome reference.

Reference bias is an issue that affects most genomic studies analysing short reads mapped to a reference genome 1,2 .

Reference bias is an issue that affects most genomic studies analysing short reads mapped to a reference genome 1,2 . It can be mitigated by mapping to multiple haplotypes represented in a pangenome 3-5 . Here we introduce two new methods to address reference bias: Emblask for…

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