Illumina Infinium HumanCode-24 BeadChip SNP arrays were used to analyze the DNA samples. Integragen SA (Evry, France) carried out hybridization, according to the manufacturer’s recommendations. The BeadStudio software (Illumina) was used to normalize raw fluorescent signals and to obtain log R ratio (LRR) and B allele frequency (BAF) values. Asymmetry in BAF signals due to bias between the two dyes used in Illumina assays was corrected using the tQN normalization procedure31 (link). We used the circular binary segmentation algorithm32 (link) to segment genomic profiles and assign corresponding smoothed values of LRR and BAF. The Genome Alteration Print method was used to determine the ploidy of each sample, the level of contamination with normal cells, and the allele-specific copy number of each segment33 (link).
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