The presence of CNA was investigated with a whole-genome low-coverage NGS approach by using the Ampli1™ LowPass Kit for the Ion Torrent (Menarini Silicon Biosystems) workflow described by Ferrarini et al. [37 (link)]. The size selection of the pooled libraries was performed using E-Gel™ SizeSelect™ II Agarose Gels, 2% (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, CA, USA) on E-Gel™ iBase™ and E-Gel™ Safe Imager™ (Invitrogen). The concentration and length of the pool were assessed using the Qubit™ 3.0 Fluorometer (Invitrogen) and Bioanalyzer High Sensitivity DNA Kit (Agilent Technologies, Waldbronn, Germany), respectively. The pooled libraries were loaded on an Ion 520™ Chip (Thermo Fisher Scientific, Waltham, MA, USA). Template preparation on Ion Chef and sequencing on the GeneStudio™ S5 System (Thermo Fisher Scientific) were performed, setting the run as described in the Ampli1 LowPass protocol.
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